Siska,
As you'll soon find out Edgar and I have almost the polar opposite
opinion on just about everything. In fact he'll probably disagree with
this statement ;>) and will certainly jump all over the rest of this
post.
Rumi's poem/metaphor was:
I looked for my self,But my self was gone.The boundaries of my beingHad
disappeared in the sea.Waves broke. Awareness rose again.And a voice
returned me to myself.It always happens like this.Sea turns on itself
and foams,And with every foaming bit another body.Another being takes
form.And when the sea sends word,Each foaming body melts back to
ocean-breath.- Rumi
I can just imagine Rumi standing on the beach watching the waves form,
come rhythmically in, crash upon the beach and then spend themselves by
slipping back into the sea - losing himself in Buddha Nature and later
composing this poem. My interpretation of it is:
I looked for my self,But my self was gone.The boundaries of my beingHad
disappeared in the sea.
Rumi is describing the holistic experience of Buddha Nature. The
illusion of dualism has vanished and his illusion of 'self' as something
independent and apart from everything else has vanished with it. It has
vanished into sea which is a metaphor for emptiness.
Waves broke. Awareness rose again.And a voice returned me to myself.It
always happens like this.
Dualism returns. His holistic experience of Buddha Nature has been
interrupted and his illusion of self has returned. This alternation
between holism and dualism, between emptiness and self happens
regularly, much like the waves surging rhythmically upon the beach.
Sea turns on itself and foams,And with every foaming bit another
body.Another being takes form.
Now that he is abiding in dualism all other illusions, perceptions,
thoughts, etc..., of all other (10,000) things appear.
And when the sea sends word,Each foaming body melts back to
ocean-breath.
But when he returns again to Buddha Nature all these illusions melt back
into emptiness.
That's my reading of this anyway. It will be interesting to see what
Edgar comes up with although I think I could almost write it for him...
...Bill!
--- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, siska_cen@... wrote:
>
> Hi Bill,
>
> I followed until: "Waves broke".
>
> The rest is a bit confusing. It's as if the 'self' is back.
>
> Siska
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Bill!" BillSmart@...
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> Date: Fri, 24 May 2013 10:04:29
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> Subject: [Zen] Nice Quote
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>
> ..Bill!
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