nondual art

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On another list Stephen Levinson posted a Kabir poem that I'd like to

share with our group. I had read somewhere that Maharaj used to

write devotional poems and for some reason his guru discouraged him.

It's my belief that " I am That " is not only a great spiritual book

but also a literary masterpiece. A work of art, just like poetry, is

able to cross over its genre and reach a broader audience. Art

breaks the conceptual barriers, making the 'inner teachings'

available for anyone who wish to share them.

 

Hur

 

And now the Kabir poem:

 

On this tree is a bird: it dances in the joy of life.

 

None knows where it is: and who knows what the burden of its music

may be?

 

Where the branches throw a deep shade, there does it have its nest:

and it comes in the evening and flies away in the morning, and says

not a word of that which it means.

 

None tell me of this bird that sings within me.

 

It is neither coloured nor colourless: it has neither form nor

outline:

 

It sits in the shadow of love.

 

It dwells within the Unattainable, the Infinite, and the Eternal; and

no one marks when it comes and goes.

 

Kabir says: " O brother Sadhu! deep is the mystery. Let wise men seek

to know where rests that bird. "