Enlightenment absorbs this universe of qualities

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Enlightenment absorbs this universe of qualities.

When that merging occurs, there is nothing

but God. This is the only doctrine.

 

There is no word for it, no mind

to understand it with, no categories

of transcendence or non-transcendence,

no vow of silence, no mystical attitude.

 

There is no Shiva and no Shakti

in enlightenment, and if there is something

that remains, that whatever-it-is

is the only teaching.

 

- Lalla

14th Century North Indian mystic

 

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From " Naked Song "

Versions by Coleman Barks

Maypop 1992