Sleep no more

 Nanne Nyander - Poems and Paintings

Am I trapped in a thought?

Or are thoughts trapped in me,

as an endless loop 

of nonsensical words and images?

-Nanne Nyander

Study for the painting "Unconditional Love" by Nanne Nyander.

Sleep no more.
I’m vigilant of thoughts coming to 

drag me away, 

drag me away, far, far away 

to the land of oblivion.
I’m standing firm and solid in reality.
The mind invites me to tag along
to the most intriguing places.
But I’m on my guard,
I’m not as gullible as I once was.
No more sleepwalking 

in the land of Oblivion. 

I’m the truth,
I’m reality,
I am Awake. 

-Nanne Nyander "The Silence of Awareness"

Endless Journey

 Nanne Nyander Poems and Paintings 

The mind is brilliant,

but now I’m better prepared.

I know its tricks, I know not to get on the train. 

The train of thoughts can take me on an 

endless journey,

mostly to places I don’t find fascinating anymore. 

I still sometimes find myself on the train,

but now I know where the emergency brake is. 

I’d rather sit on a hill far, far away,

and just watch the trains passing by.

-Nanne Nyander

Giveaway "The Silence of Awareness"

 Nanne Nyander Poems and Paintings

I will give away some copies of my new book

“The Silence of Awareness”.

If you would like to receive a copy, 

write me an e-mail and tell me 

why you think the book might 

be a book for you.

Maybe your e-mail will be one 

of the ones that gets selected.  

Write to: nannenyander8@gmail.com

Nothing Ever Happened

 Nanne Nyander

Photo by Nanne Nyander, Rishikesh

Without thought,

time can no longer exist.

The illusion of time is just made up of thought. 

Does that mean nothing ever happened?

If I don’t go to thought, there is only now.

A sad feeling of losing everything,

of losing everyone, hits me like a gigantic wave.

 Being nothing in a big ocean of nothing.

 Like I’m waking up from a dream,

it’s all gone, it never did exist.

It leaves an empty feeling that lingers, 

and slowly, slowly it disappears. 

But it’s all thought.

Nothing ever happened.

-Nanne Nyander

Mistaken Identity

 Nanne Nyander

I cannot remove myself from your 

world of illusion,

but I can remove you from mine, 

by not thinking about you. 

Isn’t that amazing?  

-Nanne Nyander

-Photo by Nanne Nyander

A thought cannot win me over, 
but it can seem to make me drowsy,
 to make me not be on my guard. 
It’s easy to slip into oblivion, 
thinking I’m a me.
I need to be alert.
No thought can win me over,
but sometimes they seem to drug me,
 and I drift away into la-la land. 
No thoughts are me,
it’s just a mistaken identity.

-Nanne Nyander, "The Silence of Awareness"

War

 Nanne Nyander

Photo by Nanne Nyander

I’m here,

I feel, see, hear.

No need to analyse,

no need to commentate on everything.

Just be.

I’m here,

I feel, see, hear.

No thoughts about the past or future

is holding me imprisoned.

I’m here.

There is nothing more than here and now. 

I’m here.

No sane person would ever leave this peace. 

But we are all a little insane,

at war with everything.

Even when alone,

we battle a private war in our own heads. 

Why would we ever want to exchange 

this peace for that?

We are all so innocent,

innocently insane.

I’m here,

I feel, see, hear.

I’m here.

-Nanne Nyander

Photo by Nanne Nyander

"The Silence of Awareness"

Love

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The feeling of emptiness is filling me with love, 
love for everything.
The feeling of nothingness, embraces my being, 
like being embraced by the universe,
and embracing the universe at the same time. 
We are one, and one is all.
All is love in disguise.

-Nanne Nyander

In another world, another time, 

what would normal look like?

-The Silence of Awareness

New Hope

 Nanne Nyander

-New Hope by Nanne Nyander

Hope follows me wherever I go,

but Hope is my biggest obstacle.

She keeps me focused on the future,

focused on becoming.

Despair is holding my hand,

he keeps me stuck in the past.

Hope and Despair walk hand in hand with me, 

happily distracting me from what I am, 

distracting me from reality,

inviting me to look anywhere but here and now. 

Hope acts as my friend,

Despair acts as my enemy.

Sometimes Despair feels more comforting than Hope, 

but they are the same character with different clothing. 

I’m here, I’m now,

I am reality and I have the power to turn down any 

and all invitations into the land of illusion. 

Hope is just a thought,

and so is Despair.

I alone is real.

-Nanne Nyander

- from the book "The Silence of Awareness"

New Book "The Silence of Awareness"

 NEW BOOK

"The Silence of Awareness"

My new book 

"The Silence of Awareness" 

is a book of 111 poems, 

depicting the battle between the ego and the higher self, 

a battle on my path to spiritual awakening.

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To purchase the book, go to:

It is also available in most other bookshops.

Rebirth

 Nanne Nyander

I’m drowning in a sea of thoughts.

And become reborn in the ocean of consciousness.

-Nanne Nyander

Rebirth by Nanne Nyander

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When the infinite blossoms within nothingness, 

I’m here making the seemingly impossible, possible. 

I’m here,

in the illusion of time and space.

I’m the grand mirage,

now you can see me,

now you can’t.

I’m here,

but not here.

-Nanne Nyander

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