Guest guest Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 Very beautiful! Reminds of Hymn 129 of Rig Veda, 10. Mandala: 1. Then was neither non-existence nor existence: There was no realm of air, no sky beyond it. what covered it, and where? And what gave shelter? Was there, an unfathomed depth of water? 2. Death was not then, nor was there anything immortal: no sign was there, the Day's and Night's divider. That One Thing, breathless, breathed by its own nature: apart from it was nothing whatsoever. 3. Darkness there was: at first concealed in darkness this All was indiscriminated chaos. All that existed then was void and formless: by the great power of Warmth (tapas) was born that One. 4. Thereafter rose Desire in the beginning, Desire, the primal seed and germ of Spirit. Sages who searched with their heart's thought discovered the kinship of existence with non-existence. 5. Transversely [across the universe] was their dividing line extended: what was above it then, and what below it? There were begetters, there were mighty forces, free action here and energy up yonder. 6. Who verily knows and who can here declare it, whence it was born and whence comes this creation? The Gods are later than this world's production. Who knows then whence it first came into being? 7. He the first origin of this creation, whether he formed it all or did not form it, whose eye controls this world in highest heaven*, he verily knows it, or perhaps he knows it **not*. Yes, through meditation one can explore that relam inside of oneself, the transcendent. It is beautiful, your poem! Margot ______________________________ I live in " which " place I wonder if I know it The thing that I see I wonder if it is the truth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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