Mystic Poetry

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B: I generally agree.

Lao Tzu would be a supporting example.

 

A counter-example, though, seems to be Rumi.

I believe his oeuvre is really quite large.

And his poems aren't particularly brief, either.

 

To write a mystical poem just to be writing one

is certainly out-of-atunement.

 

A really good mystical poem is one that taps

the poet on the shoulder and says, " Get a pencil! "

 

In this sense real mystical poety can never be a

*craft*.

 

It is not something one *does*.

It is something *passing through*... and the

priviledge of the poet is simply that of the

first hand witness.

 

 

P: Very true! I seldom write a piece unless

it had literally pulled me to the PC. Of course,

many times like now, I'm just answering someone,

but even this response is being prodded by what

you wrote, so it's fueled by your words.

 

Yes, to write is a gift that shouldn't be abused.

In that way, your writing becomes your teacher.

 

 

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Nisargadatta , Pete S <pedsie5 wrote:

>

> B: I generally agree.

> Lao Tzu would be a supporting example.

>

> A counter-example, though, seems to be Rumi.

> I believe his oeuvre is really quite large.

> And his poems aren't particularly brief, either.

>

> To write a mystical poem just to be writing one

> is certainly out-of-atunement.

>

> A really good mystical poem is one that taps

> the poet on the shoulder and says, " Get a pencil! "

>

> In this sense real mystical poety can never be a

> *craft*.

>

> It is not something one *does*.

> It is something *passing through*... and the

> priviledge of the poet is simply that of the

> first hand witness.

>

>

> P: Very true! I seldom write a piece unless

> it had literally pulled me to the PC. Of course,

> many times like now, I'm just answering someone,

> but even this response is being prodded by what

> you wrote, so it's fueled by your words.

>

> Yes, to write is a gift that shouldn't be abused.

> In that way, your writing becomes your teacher.

>

 

 

Oh god Pete.......Where do you get these ideas?

 

You have the gall to caution poets not to abuse thier gift.

 

Does the same apply to artists and musicians?

 

What about photographers and finger painters?

 

......and sand castle builders.........and democrats?

 

 

 

 

 

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