Oh brother

A conversation about inner peace and a discovery of self , between two people .

My brother tells me a soul is at peace within the interior of self,
A boat on rapids of white horses scathing down in a barrage ;
a shield from a spartan against foe and friend
An office worker, "go on then , milk and two sugars".

He tells me that self is secluded safe-house -
the only thing constant in life and death.
Emotion is inherently external , anxiety brought about by the outside world.

He is Jeru the damaja on his quest to eradicate ignorance ,
Jesus at the Sea of Galilee,
Bruce advising us "to be like water my friend":
A philosopher philosophising in pop culture ,
he sits in his room in the North of England and thinks:

The external world must have no effect on the safe house,
the gates are up , a Great Wall against the Mongols of ignorance.
he tells me to turn off my mind , relax and float downstream ;
release the shackles of pain , for nothing can disturb the waters surface ,
and if it does - calmness will replace.

Knowing thyself is to not know thyself ,
Confucian confusion of wisdom and the wise -
release the grip of fingers on the edge of a building
and you will be truly set free .