Please Stop Looking Backward

Please stop looking backward
To what old masters have said.
Look to now.
You have what you need - 
The Buddha Nature
What do you need?
What is lacking?
Eyes, ears, mind, heart
Your colleague, your brother,
Your daughter,
The barista?
That person in front of you with 
12 items in the ten-item line?
Ryokan knew nothing of traffic and the diamond lane
Old dust. Clear it away.
Let the next stop be compassion.

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