An Introduction to Paul's Poetry

We suffer because we cling to our desires and get caught up in them. Thus, our suffering is not caused by things, but by our reactions to things.... The Buddhist mindfulness teaching (Dharma) is seen as a palliative to this suffering. Through simple mindfulness of where one's mind and body "is" at any given time, one becomes aware that holding on to one's conceptions and fixed attitudes causes suffering. Thus, people overcome attachment and desire by simply becoming mindful of it, and then releasing it, in a non-judgmental way
. . . .Awareness, of the world as it is, in the here and now, happens when the cognizing mind is at rest, mindful of the play of desire, and not projecting itself on the world.

Poetry,
     our sword of discrimination
Cuts the hiding places of desire,
To reveal a quiet mind,
     the unblemished mind,
The Buddha mind.
At home with itself,
     and with no other place to go,
This mind
     is enlightened.
             . . .
If one learns to wait
And watch desires rise and fall,
     and hold no desire through it all,
Things may open toward you,
As the words "Open to me"
     freeze on your lips.
Each moment is always new,
It staggers out to greet you
     like a child.