This is beautiful, Patrick; many thanks!
Rumi is the greatest, isn't he? He understands and expresses so clearly how "hunting" with the relative mind and logic gets us nowhere finally but further enmired in maya and suffering; until we are willing to stand alone supporting it all in perfect sufficiency/vulnerability as the hunted, we cannot truly lose/find ourselves, be crucified/cross over, be and not-be, and Understand/be Understood as the paradox of Life/Death and no-time, no-space in the NOW of Heaven/Earth. Thank you again. You rock! :-) Yours, R. --- In [email protected], "Patrick Gillam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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" > � � � � � � � To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
