Rory Goff wrote:
> It is not until one is willing to stand completely
> in the utter naked perfection of one's own Truth
> NOW, completely unattached to all external
> authority and all space-time phenomena ... yet
> embracing it all, that the Brahma/Personal
> Ahamkara/Causal Body/Guru/storyteller is seen
> for the non-existent "man behind the curtain,"
> the small self, and the "Great Immensity" of
> emptiful paradox or Brahman or Wholeness or
> Absolativity is directly Understood as our own
> Soul -- the World Soul.
Ghazal (Ode) 1419, from Rumi's "Diwan-e
Shams" ("The Collection of Shams")
i was ready to tell
the story of my life
but the ripple of tears
and the agony of my heart
wouldn't let me
i began to stutter
saying a word here and there
and all along i felt
as tender as a crystal
ready to be shattered
in this stormy sea
we call life
all the big ships
come apart
board by board
how can i survive
riding a lonely
little boat
with no oars
and no arms
my boat did finally break
by the waves
and i broke free
as i tied myself
to a single board
though the panic is gone
i am now offended
why should i be so helpless
rising with one wave
and falling with the next
i don't know
if i am
nonexistence
while i exist
but i know for sure
when i am
i am not
but
when i am not
then i am
now how can i be
a skeptic
about the
resurrection and
coming to life again
since in this world
i have many times
like my own imagination
died and
been born again
that is why
after a long agonizing life
as a hunter
i finally let go and got
hunted down and became free
-- Translation by Nader Khalili
"Rumi -- Fountain of Fire"
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