"There will be time"

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To borrow a few phrases from T.S. Elliot~

 

The "overwhelming question" is only that, a

Question, that serves to feed only our

metaphorical musings.

 

"And indeed there will be time," or as Andrew Marvell

said in his "To His Coy Mistress," "Had we but world enough

and time..."

 

"There will be time, there will be time

To prepare a {word} to meet the {words}that {we} meet."

 

"Let us go then, you and I...." and consult the "secret one"

within who knows only of Truth.

 

There will be time...

to prepare a mask to meet the masks that we meet.

 

And there will be time

to drop the mask that only and always calls forth the Drama.

 

There will be time . .

to allow our inner Fool to speak the nonsensical

and shed light on the paradoxical wisdom that spreads

out over this vast language landscape.

 

There will be time...

to exit the hall of mirrors that reflects an

endless mirage of Image after Image.

 

There will be time....

"Oh, do not ask, 'What is it?'

Let us go and make our visit"

 

"Student, do the simple purification.

 

You know that the seed is inside the horse-chestnut

tree;

and inside the seed there are the blossoms of the tree,

and the chestnuts, and the shade.

So inside the human body there is the seed, and

inside the seed there is the human body again.

 

Fire, air, earth, water, and space -- if you don't want

the secret one,

you can't have these either.

 

Thinkers, listen, tell me what you know of what is not

inside the soul?

Take a pitcher full of water and set it down on the

water --

now it has water inside and water outside.

We mustn't give it a name,

lest silly people start talking again about the body and

the soul.

 

If you want the truth, I'll tell you the truth:

Listen to the secret sound, the real sound, which is

inside you.

The one no one talks of speaks the secret sound to

herself,

and she is the one who made it all." Jalaladin Rumi

 

Peace

 

Raven