"Vedana and Veda"- a tale of two birds -another story !

[Guest guest]

dEarest Bala-ji!

 

after reading all these various posts on Veda and VEdana or VEDANA

AND sADHANA , i am reminded of the following story....

 

THE TALE OF TWO BIRDS!

 

 

The *TAME BIRD* was in a cage, the *FREE BIRD*

was in the forest.

 

THEY met when the time came. it was a decree of fate.

 

The free BIRD CRIES, "O my love, let us fly to the wood."

 

The cage bird whispers, "COME hither, let us both live in

the cage,"

 

Says, THE FREE BIRD , "AMONG BARS, WHERE IS THERE ROOM TO SPREAD

ONE'S WINGS?"

 

ALAS," CRIES THE CAGE BIRD," i SHOULD NOT KNOW WHERE TO

SIT PERCHED IN THE SKY."

 

THe free bird cries, " sing the song of the woodlands."

 

the cage bird says, "sit by my side, i'll teach you the speech

of the learned."

 

the forest bird cries, "no !oh no!songs can never be taught."

 

the cage bird says, "alas for me, i know not the songs of the

woodlands."

 

 

their love is intense with longing but they never can

fly wing to wing. through the bars of the

cage they look, and vain is their wish to know each

other.

 

THEY FLUTTER THEIR WINGS IN YEARNING ,AND SING, "COME CLOSE, MY

LOVE."

 

the free bird cries, "it cannot be, i fear the closed doors of

the cage,"

 

the cage bird whispers, "alas, my wings are powerless and dead."

 

 

Rabindranath Tagore- from the 'GARDNER'

 

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this is what ignorance is all about! trapped in their own little

world, these souls of ours!

[Guest guest]

Dear spiriual pilgrims,

 

a friend sent this via email and it is so beautiful i want to share

it with you all

 

Lady Joyce" <shaantih

adi_shakthi16

Fw: Saint Therese of Avila...offlist

Sun, 4 Apr 2004 15:17:16 -0400

 

 

Dear Adiji :-)

 

I am a member of the advaitin list, mostly quiet.

Although I visit in and out, I have been enjoying your recent

dialogues. I do not read everything, but I just happened

to read your tale of two birds...another story. It struck me that

at the same moment, USA time, we both pushed the send button

on the wisdom of Tagore, and even more interesting...

opposite sides of the coin, so to speak. Just thought you

would appreciate the "duality" of the moment, if you will :-)

Hope you don't mind my posting you offlist.

 

Love,

 

Joyce

 

Mine was a response to another's post...but I had been surfing the

net

last night to collect some Tagore poems, and this one seemed so

apropos...

what a coincidence :-)

 

 

 

 

-

Lady Joyce

AdyashantiSatsang

Cc:

Sunday, April 04, 2004 2:15 PM

Re: [AdyashantiSatsang] Saint Therese of

Avila

 

 

"The Ecstasy of Saint Therese"

BERNINI, Gian Lorenzo (b. 1598, Napoli, d. 1680, Roma)

 

 

"My heart was carried,

and my head with, without I being able to prevent it."

~ St. Therese of Avila

 

LoveAlways,Mazie

 

+++

 

When I go from hence let this be

my parting word, that what I have

seen is unsurpassable.

I have tasted of the hidden

honey of this lotus that expands

on the ocean of light, and thus

am I blessed — let this be my

parting word.

In this playhouse of infinite

forms I have had my play and

here have I caught sight of him

that is formless.

My whole body and my

limbs have thrilled with his touch

who is beyond touch; and if the

end comes here, let it come — let

this be my parting word.

 

Rabindranath Tagore's "Gitanjali" 96

 

Love,

 

Joyce

 

 

 

 

 

 

/join

 

 

 

 

"Love itself is the actual form of God."

 

Sri Ramana

 

In "Letters from Sri Ramanasramam" by Suri Nagamma

 

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Thank you Joyce! There is no 'window' between two souls!

 

love recognizing love