Teachings in My Pocket

Intro

Listen — lean in, lean in, ayy

(heh, yuh) slow the mind, watch the blink, watch the blink

I talk in koans like a locksmith, possessor of the paradox

(come closer) yeah, come closer, before the thought locks

Verse

Mind’s a map made of metal, magnets and mirrors, ayy

Frames stack like crates, keep the light out, keep the clearer split scared, uh-huh

Belief’s a parasite — it feeds on the gaps in your grammar

It slithers through words, turns a name into armor, skrrt

We mistake fingerprints for the face, wear identity like a label

Assumptions do the heavy lifting — invisible cable

Pulls you toward roles you never chose, script you never wrote

You perform for ghosts in the room while the real you takes notes

Solution ain't a slogan, it’s a seat on the cushion — meditate

Sit in the churn, hold the heat, don't reflexively retaliate, ayy

Non-reactive breathing, feel the storm and don’t be swept

Stoic equanimity — steady hands on the concept, yeah

Ken Wilber’s map for the mind, spiral climb, integral sight

Ego maturity — discipline the dark so the day gets light (light, light)

Metacognition — watch the watcher, name the thought that lies

Interpersonal reflection — see the other without disguise

Practice wu-wei in the chaos: move like water, not a fist

Gateless gate opens when you stop trying to punch the mist

Parable medicine — riddle the mind until it unravels

A koan sat on my tongue like a street sign on gravel, ayy

If you can’t be where you want, love where you stand, own it

If you can’t leave the pain, stop feeding it, don't condone it (no)

Teachings act like shields, safety nets under the abyss

Cures for sleepwalkers — wake up, shake up, take the risk

Chorus

Shields, safety nets, teachings in my pocket (pocket, pocket)

Shields, safety nets, teachings in my pocket (pocket, pocket)

Shields, safety nets, teachings in my pocket (pocket, pocket)

Shields, safety nets, teachings in my pocket (pocket, pocket)

Verse

Double-time thoughts, I spit slow truth in a down-pitched vowel

Conversation hypnosis — you nod before you know the how now, ayy

I carve space between stimulus and your knee-jerk reply

That gap is a doorway — step through it, watch the old stories die

Label the fear, name the voice — then watch it lose its accent

Reflect on motive, dismantle scripts, reclaim your passport and transit

Awareness training like cardio for the mind — run laps around intent

Distinguish person from problem, don’t become what they invent

Stop feeding rage to the furnace, cool the metal with insight

Breathe on the burn until the para-site loses appetite (bye)

Dharma coins on the tongue — koans that unsettle the throne

A teacher points, you see the moon — but you gotta lift your own stone

Parables are ladders, not ceilings — climb out of habitual pits

Sit with discomfort until it answers, until it splits

Accept what you can’t change, change what you c