There's something more that must happen

[Guest guest]

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Meditation and self-discipline

are not all that's needed, nor even

a deep longing to go through

the door of freedom.

 

You may dissolve in contemplation,

as salt does in water,

but there's something more

that must happen.

 

 

- Lalla

14th Century North Indian mystic

 

 

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From " Naked Song "

Versions by Coleman Barks

Maypop 1992