Guest guest Posted February 1, 2000 Report Share Posted February 1, 2000 Lalla is so beautiful, had to pass along. Muni Gilbert <mgilbert < > Tuesday, February 01, 2000 3:51 PM The tender pain of seeing an illusion >Muni Gilbert <mgilbert > > > > ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` > > >Loosen the load of sweetness I'm carrying. >The sling-knot is biting into my shoulder. > >This day has been so meaningless. >I feel I can't go on. > >When I was with my teacher, I heard a truth >that hurt my heart like a blister, > >the tender pain of seeing >something I loved as an illusion. > >The flocks I tended are gone. >I am a shepherd without even a memory > >of what that means, climbing this mountain. >I feel so lost. > >This was my inward way, until I came >into the presence of a Moon, this new knowledge > >of how likenesses unite. Good Friend, >everything is You. I see only God. > >Now the delightful forms and motions >are transparent. I look through them > >and see myself as the Absolute. And here's >the answer to the riddle of this dream: > >You leave, so that we two >can do One Dance. > > - Lalla > 14th Century North Indian mystic > > > ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` > > > > >>From Coleman Barks' >"Naked Song" >Maypop 1992 > > > > > > > > > > >--------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ---------------------------- > >GET A NEXTCARD VISA, in 30 seconds. Get rates as low as 0.0 percent >Intro or 9.9 percent Fixed APR and no hidden fees. Apply NOW. ><a href=" http://clickme./ad/NextcardCreative5CL ">Click Here</a> > >------ > > > > Subscribe: - > Un: - > List owner: -owner > >Shortcut URL to this page: > /community/ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 2, 2000 Report Share Posted February 2, 2000 Dear Gloria: Thanks for passing this on....no matter what understanding one has...words that reach the heart seem to be, at times, the only words that make any sense. Love, Linda >Loosen the load of sweetness I'm carrying. >The sling-knot is biting into my shoulder. > >This day has been so meaningless. >I feel I can't go on. > >When I was with my teacher, I heard a truth >that hurt my heart like a blister, > >the tender pain of seeing >something I loved as an illusion. > >The flocks I tended are gone. >I am a shepherd without even a memory > >of what that means, climbing this mountain. >I feel so lost. > >This was my inward way, until I came >into the presence of a Moon, this new knowledge > >of how likenesses unite. Good Friend, >everything is You. I see only God. > >Now the delightful forms and motions >are transparent. I look through them > >and see myself as the Absolute. And here's >the answer to the riddle of this dream: > >You leave, so that we two >can do One Dance. > > - Lalla > 14th Century North Indian mystic > > > ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` > > > > >>From Coleman Barks' >"Naked Song" >Maypop 1992 > > > > > > > > > > >--------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ---------------------------- > >GET A NEXTCARD VISA, in 30 seconds. Get rates as low as 0.0 percent >Intro or 9.9 percent Fixed APR and no hidden fees. Apply NOW. ><a href=" http://clickme./ad/NextcardCreative5CL ">Click Here</a> > >------ > > > > Subscribe: - > Un: - > List owner: -owner > >Shortcut URL to this page: > /community/ > --------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ---------------------------- Get what you deserve with NextCard Visa. Rates as low as 2.9 percent Intro or 9.9 percent Fixed APR, online balance transfers, Rewards Points, no hidden fees, and much more. Get NextCard today and get the credit you deserve. Apply now. Get your NextCard Visa at <a href=" http://clickme./ad/NextcardCreative1 ">Click Here</a> ------ All paths go somewhere. No path goes nowhere. Paths, places, sights, perceptions, and indeed all experiences arise from and exist in and subside back into the Space of Awareness. Like waves rising are not different than the ocean, all things arising from Awareness are of the nature of Awareness. Awareness does not come and go but is always Present. It is Home. Home is where the Heart Is. Jnanis know the Heart to be the Finality of Eternal Being. A true devotee relishes in the Truth of Self-Knowledge, spontaneously arising from within into It Self. Welcome all to a. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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