Your Emptiness

Posted by Paul Reynolds on Dec 3, 2023 in Blog, Eastern Inspiration, Inspired Readings | Comments Off on Your Emptiness

But whoever sees your emptiness
sees beyond blue and beyond the blind man.
A great soul hides like Mohammed, or Jesus,
moving through a crowd in a city
where no one knows him.
To praise is to praise
how one surrenders
to the emptiness.
To praise the sun is to praise your own eyes.
Praise, the ocean. What we say, a little ship.
So the sea-journey goes on, and who knows where!

Just to be held by the ocean is the best luck
we could have.

It’s a total waking up!

Why should we grieve that we’ve been sleeping?
it doesn’t matter how long we’ve been unconscious.
We’re groggy, but let the guilt go.
Feel the motions of tenderness
around you, the buoyancy.

Jalallal al-Din Rumi

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