Impressions

Impressions

In my more youthful past

in that memory as thought now rising

a philosopher in my reading

used a wax impression to gain

understanding of thought formation..

Which philosopher?

The name has escaped

a coming and going as

impermanent thoughts come and go..

I am awaiting a re-qcquaintance..

But let us proceed..

Did that philosopher ask about the wax?

Might he have said:  You are the wax

out of which your thought takes form..

Wax as a faithful metaphor

for Consciousness..our true Self..

Thoughts arising as small self

and projecting a world..

Oneness so speaks...

(if you know that philosopher,

I would be indebted if...}