Everything is That lost in That

[Guest guest]

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There is no " You " or " I, " no object

to contemplate, no contemplation!

Everything is That lost in That.

 

The blind theologians didn't understand.

Then they saw, and their seven levels

of attainment dissolved to nothing.

 

- Lalla

14th Century North Indian mystic

 

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From " Naked Song "

Versions by Coleman Barks

Maypop 1992