Poetry Chaikhana

8/4/2019 Poetry Chaikhana

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Body of earth, don't talk of earth

By Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi(1207 - 1273)

English version byAndrew Harvey

Body of earth, don't talk of earthTell the story of pure mirrorsThe Creator has given you this splendor--

Why talk of anything else?

Ching-ch'ing's raindrop sound

By Dogen(1200 - 1253)

English version by Steven Heine

Because the mind is free --Listening to the rainDripping from the eaves,The drops becomeOne with me.

In Blackwater Woods

By Mary Oliver

(1935 - )

Look, the treesare turningtheir own bodiesinto pillars

of light,

are giving off the richfragrance of cinnamon
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and fulfillment,

the long tapersof cattailsare bursting and floating away overthe blue shoulders

of the ponds,and every pond,no matter what itsname is, is

nameless now.Every year

everythingI have ever learned

in my lifetimeleads back to this: the firesand the black river of loss

whose other side

is salvation,whose meaning

none of us will ever know.To live in this world

you must be ableto do three things:to love what is mortal;to hold it

against your bones knowingyour own life depends on it;and, when the time comes to let it go,to let it go.

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Yazar: Nesrin Dabalar | Nisan 2010

Semzen ve Gezegen
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Medeniyetlerin ve yaamn en eski tan Anadoluda da yedi yzyldr durmayanbir dn, ierdii gc tm dnyaya yayacak kadar etkili bir manyetik alanyaratt ve dnn srdryor hala Bu dnn ad Sem dndr vebalatan da Mevlana adnda bir Anadolu bilgesidir.

Hissettiiniz her trl duygunun, yaadnz srede algladnz her eyin temel oluum

sebebinde atomlar vardr. Sevdiiniz birine dokunduunuzda duyumsadnz his; sizinelinizdeki atomlarn iindeki elektronlarla, o kiinin elektronlarnn etkileiminden bakabir ey deildir. Souk havada duyduunuz me hissi atomlarn size arpmas sonucuoluur. Atein yanmas ile snma, elektronlarn daha hzl dnmesinden baka bir eydeildir.

Atomlar; ekirdek ve elektronlardan oluur. ekirdek ile elektronlar arasndaki bolukinanlmaz byk boyuttadr. Atomun iindeki bo alan; atomun tamamnn % 99,9999999unu kapsar. Geriye kalan mikro alan ekirdek ve elektrona aittir. Bir futbol sahas iindekibir toz tanesi gibidir elektronlar, atomun iinde.

Peki; bu muazzam boluklar nasl bir etkiyle ylece durur ve her eyi olutururhi yklmadan, bozulmadan?

nk elektron mthi bir hzla ekirdek etrafnda dner, hi durmakszn. Elektronlarekirdein etrafndan 1000 ila 100.000 km arasnda deien hzlarla dnerler. Ktleleribirbirinden farkl olmayan elektronlar farkl enerji seviyesine sahiptirler ve 7 farklyrngede dnerler.

Bazen says yze yakn elektron; ayn yrngede

dner, bazen de birbiriyle arpmadan yrngeleraras gei yaparlar. Art ykl olmalar sonucubirbirlerini itmeleri gereken protonlar zel ekimkuvvetleri sebebiyle ekirdein iinde skm bir haldedururlar. Eksi ykl olan ve ekirdein art yknedeniyle ekirdee yapmas gereken elektronlar iseka hzlar ve itici kuvvetler nedeniyle aslayrngelerinden ayrlmazlar. Hibir darbe, arpmaya da kuvvet, ne atomu, ne ekirdeini ne deelektronlarn yerinden oynatamaz. Atomunoluturduu canl lse de o dnmeye devam eder, aynhzla ve hibir deiiklie uramadan. Ormanyaktnzda yok ettiiniz ey sadece atomlar bir aradatutan balardr. Orman oluturan atomlar yokedemezsiniz. Onlar havaya karp dnmeye devam ederler inadna

Elektronun bu hzl ve bitimsiz dn, var olan her eyin zdr, gereidir. Elektron herne kadar atomun iinde ok az bir yer kaplyorsa da inanlmaz bir gce sahiptir; gcnde bu dnten alr. Evrendeki her ey bu dn ile ayakta kalr. Elektronlar bir gn yada bir an dnmeyi unutsa tm evren yklr ve koskoca bir bolua dnr her ey

Kuantum fizikilerine gre madde aslnda hayaletlerden olumu bir yanlgdan baka birey deildir. Madde olabileceini syleyebileceimiz gerek miktarlar, maddenin gerekboyutunun yannda toz zerrecikleri kadar kk kalyor. Bir deyimle madde maddedenolumamtr ve byk boluklar enerji dalgalar nedeniyle maddenin sertliini yaratr.Bir taraftan da dokunduumuzu sandmz hibir eye dokunamayz gerekte. nktam olarak dokunma gereklemeden nce atomlar arasndaki itme nedeniyle mikrolekte de olsa atomlar arasnda bir boluk kalr. Bunu salayan ey; paralarn birbirini


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itmelerini ya da ekmelerini salayan temel kuvvetlerdir. Bu drt temel kuvvet; GlNkleer Kuvvet, Zayf Nkleer Kuvvet, Yerekimi Kuvveti ve Elektromanyetik Kuvvet'tir.Bu kuvvetlerde olabilecek en kk bir oynama btn sistemin bozulmasna, canllnyok olmasna sebep olabilir.

Elektronlarn, ekirdein evresindeki yrngelerinden ayrlmadan dnmelerinin nedeni,

onlara etki eden Elektromanyetik Kuvvet'tir. Elektron, sahip olduu eksi elektrik yknedeni ile art ykl ekirdein evresinde hi durmadan dner. Bu dn srasndaortaya kan merkez ka kuvveti, Elektromanyetik Kuvvet ile dengede durur veelektron yrngede kalr. Elektromanyetik Kuvvet'in hassas deeri ise elektronlarnekirdee yapmasn veya ekirdekten tamamen uzaklamasn engeller. Dengeyisalayan bu dnler sadece atomun iinde deildir; galaksiler, gezegenler, gne, ay,dnya Mikro ve makro her ey dner bu evrende. Mikro ve makro her dn ise iindebir g ve manyetik alan barndrr fizik kanunlar gerei.

Anadoludaki Mistik Dn

Medeniyetlerin ve yaamn en eski tan Anadoluda da yediyzyldr durmayan bir dn, ierdii gc tm dnyayayayacak kadar etkili bir manyetik alan yaratt ve dnnsrdryor hala Bu dnn ad Sem dndr ve balatanda Mevlana adnda bir Anadolu bilgesidir. Sem dn, yzyllardr insandan insana sirayet ederek devam ediyor. Busirayet kendi iinde bir giz barndryor ki bunca yzyldrdurmad. Mevlanann; dnyann dndnn kabuledilmesinden drt yz yl nce, dnyann dnne bu kadarbenzeyen bu dnn eklini nasl oluturduu ayr bir giz.Gne, gezegenler ve yldzlar; dndkleri bilinmedenyzyllarca nce Mevlevilere ilham kayna olmu ilgin birekilde...

Mevlevilerin Sem SrasndaNeden Ba Dnmez?

Mevleviler bir sem ayininde be binden fazla tur dnerkenvcutlarnda neler oluyor, enerjilerini nasl yitirmiyorlar,yorulmuyorlar ve neden balar dnmyor merak edilmitirhep ama bu konu zerinde bilimsel bir alma ne yazk kiyaplmamtr imdiye kadar.

Semzenlerin ayinlerde sergiledikleri sra d performanshakknda ilk bilimsel alma Prof. Fuat Yndemli tarafndanyaplm. Yndemli, semzenlerin eitimleri srasnda belirli

bir disiplinle hareket ettiklerini ve bu disiplinli kurallarnbilimsel aklamalar olduunu ortaya kard. Ba dnmesi,bulant, kusma gibi semptomlarn ortaya kmamasnn semalmalarnda izlenen geleneksel davranlardankaynaklandn bir kitapta ayrntlaryla anlatyor Prof. Yndemli.

Bu kitab yazarken eletirel fikirlerini de sylemeden edemiyor. Eer Mevlana bizimlkemizde deil, bir bat lkesinde yaam olsayd zerine binlerce aratrma yaplp,kitaplar yazlrd, bizler aratrma ve fikir hayatnda clz kalyoruz diyor.

Mevlevilikte gerekletirilen dini ayinlerin, ruh kadar bedeni de nasl terbiye ve disiplinettiini, bu nedenle semzenlerin ba dnmesi sorunu yaamadn bir doktorunrehberliinde aama aama incelemek; gerekten lkemiz iin ilklerden.

Sem; kelime olarak iitmek, dinlemek, kulak vermek anlamndadr. Kk olarakArapadan gelir ve kulaa ho gelen musiki manasndadr. Mecazi olarak ise ark, name,


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raks, vecd gibi manalara da gelir. Neyle icra edilen mziin eliinde belirli bir dzen veahenkle dn demektir, tpk evrende belirli bir ahenk ve dzende dnen gneler,gezegenler ve elektronlar gibi

Sem Dnmek Nasl Gerekleiyor?

Mek tahtas denen bir metrekarelik drt ke bir tahtazerinde yaplan egzersizlerle balar almalar. Ortaksmnda kabara denen iki cm apnda bakr ve pirintenyaplma bir ivi vardr.

Semzenlik yolundaki dervi avucuna ald bir miktartuzu, sol dizini yere dayayp sa dizini bkerek ktktensonra ivinin etrafna dker. Zorluklu bir balangcn ilacdrtuz. Ayann kaymasn ve parmaklar arasnda bllerin(sulu kabarck) oluup enfekte olmasn engeller. Ayaakalkan dervi, tahtann stne kar ve sol ayakbaparmayla ikinci parmann arasna iviyi alr. Kollarnapraz yaparak avularn omuz balarna koyar. Sa ayaksol ayaa dik bir vaziyette iken, sol ayan topuunukaldrmadan saa doru evirir. Sol topuunu yerdenkaldrmadan sa ayan yerden kaldrr. Sa ayak iticifonksiyon grerek btn vcudu bir dn yapar. Sa ayaa arh, (ark) sol ayaa direkdenir. Bu dnmeye arh atma denir. lk dnler ayakta tahta ile yapldktan sonrakiegzersizlerde parmaklar ividen karlr. Dervi srayla "Kol Ama"sn, "Direk Tutma"sn(360 derece dnmesi), ark atarak yrmesini ve dz hat boyunca saa-sola sapmadanilerlemesini renir.

lk egzersizlerde ba dnmesi normaldir ve dnme sresi birka dakikadr. lk egzersizlersrasnda oluan bulant ve kusmaya safra atmak denir. alma devam ettike bulantazalr ve derviin safra atarak manevi kirlilikten arnd kabul edilir. Semzenin her gn

mutlaka egzersiz yapmas kondisyon ve paslanmamak iin arttr.ark atma, kol ama, direk tutma, ark atarakyrme ve dz hat zerinde saa-sola sapmadanilerleme eklinde yaplan bu hareketler, vestibler( i kulak alclarna bal denge, grme ve dikkatiiine alan sistem) sistemi deerlendirmek iin tpkgnmzde kullandmz metotlar gibidir.

Semzen yemekleri konusunda da bir takmkurallara uymak zorundadr. Mide asidini arttranyiyecekler, hamur ileri ve et fazla tercih edilmez.Hibir yasak olmamakla birlikte semzen ar

yemekten kanr. A ya da tok karnla deil, yemekmideyi terk ettikten hemen sonra dnmeye dikkatedilir. Bu dnemde serebral ( beyin ve beyine balsistemler) merkezlere giden kann daha az basnlolmas nedeniyle sem srasnda vestiblerikayetlerin en aza inmesi salanmaktadr.

Yaplan tahlillerdesemzenlerin serumlipid, kolestrol ve trigliseridleri normal seviyelerde olup,ayrca hibirinde hipertansiyon ikyeti tespit edilmemitir.

Bu almalar baladktan yaklak iki ay sonra Tennure

denilen beyaz elbise giyilmektedir. Sem srasndaeteklerin emsiye gibi alp havalanmasna tennureamak denir. Tennure giyilince aerodinamik bakmdan


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semzen, kendini daha hafiflemi hisseder ve daha kolay dner fakat bu durum badnmesinin ortaya kmasn kolaylatrc bir faktrdr. Bu yzden ilk zamanlardatennure giyilmez. Beyaz etek yuvarlak, l ve sekizli-dokuzlu olmak zere trl alr.Etein dnerken yuvarlak bir ekil almasna "sahan kapa" ad verilir.

Dn srasnda semzenin eteinin keli bin manzara almas, Mevleviler arasnda,

onun "kendinden getii" ve "Pr akna dnd" kabul edilir. Tennuredeki kesim-dikimfark veya uzunluk-ksalk gibi durumlar, birka santimetre dahi olsa, semzeninyalpalanmasna sebep olur. Her eyde olduu gibi tennurede de bu yzden bir l olmakzorundadr.

Dnlen meknn genilii- darl- ferahl- skcl semzen zerinde etkilidir. Darmeknlarda dnmek ikyetlerin artmasna neden olur. Vestibler sisteme bal olarakoptik fiksasyon( gr sabitlii) semzen zerinde en etkili durumlardan birisidir.Semzen, baklarn bir noktaya sabitlemedii takdirde bann dnmesi artar. Bununlemek iin gzlerini sol elinin baparmandan ayrmaz. Gzleri yar ak (szlm)durumdadr. Etrafnda olanlarla ilgilenmeyen semzen her taraf buu iinde, sisli,bulank grr. Ancak bu srada ba dnmesi ikyetleri tamamen kaybolur. Btn bunlemler deniz- araba tutmas durumunda nerilenlerle ayndr.

Dnyann en mistik dans kabul edilen semsrasnda kollar yava yava gs hizasnakaldrlrken sa elin parmaklar yukarya doru, solel parmaklar ise aaya doru dndrlr.Semzenin ba 23- 25 derece saa eiktir.

(Dnyann ekseninin eiklii kadar olmas ilgintir)Bu sayede i kulaktaki semi sirkler kanal,(Vcudun dengesini salayan i kulak kanallar) eitoranda uyarlm olur.

Sem srasndaki dn ekseni semzenin

vcudundan geer. Bu eksen kafa, kalp ve solbacandan gemektedir. Sem srasnda bahareketlerinden kanlp, ense ve boyun adaleleriyle ba desteklenmektedir. GiyilenTennure aldnda kuma ile yer arasnda bir potansiyel enerji oluur. Tennureninalmas ayrca bir merkezka kuvveti oluturur. Bu merkezka kuvveti Tennureninkapanmasn nlerken ayn zamanda dnerken yaklan enerjiyi %90 azaltr. Elbisegiyilmeden yaplan sem srasnda yorulma kat kat artmakta ve dengesalanlamamaktadr. Kulan doru ada durmas kadar Tennurenin katks da dengeiin ok byktr.

Sem ncesi mutlaka abdest alnmasnn maneviyatyn kadar bilimsel yn de var. Suyun vcudunzerinde biriken negatif enerjiyi ald ve vcudun

manyetik korunma halkasn oluturup gl durumagetirdii bilimsel olarak kantldr. Vcuttaki negatifenerjinin yani hcrelerindeki eksi ykl maddelerin artykl yeri ekmemesi iin abdest almak; bilimselolarak da bir gerekliliktir. Abdest almadan semdnldnde denge kaybnn artt denemelerletespit edilmi.

Yndemlinin kendisi de semzenlii gerekletirmi, dnme konusunda denemeleri bizzatkendisin de yapm olduunu belirtir.


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Semzenlerin kafasnda grdmz takke silindirbiimindedir. nsan bedenine doadan bir enerji giriiolduu bilinmektedir. Bu enerjinin girii bngldak denilenyerden yani kafatasnn tam stnden olur. Silindir takke,bu enerji giriini sem srasnda belli bir noktaya yanikafatasna sabitlemek ve younlatrmak asndan

nemlidir.

Sem dnmenin en nemli ayrntlarndan biri de dnnyndr. Bu dn saat ynnn tersinedir tpk atomlarniinde olduu gibi

Sem srasnda ba; kendi etrafnda daire izecek ekildednmez. Kendi etrafnda sfr izen yani dn hz sfr olansol orta kulak zardr. Semzen enerjiyle ayn yndednd iin bir hiza, denge ve edurum sz konusudur.

ak gibi dnmek diye tabir edilen dn, orta kulan sfrizerek tam eksende oluan bir enerji merkezi iinde

dnmek demektir.Sem dnmenin terimlerinin her birisinin tanrsal balantlar vardr. ark atmak yanidnmek, Tanry her ynde grmeyi ve her ynden nur almay temsil eder. Ayak vurmak,nefsi ayaklar altnda ezmek, onu yenmek demektir. Kollar yana amak olgunlua yneliisimgeler. Semazenin bandaki sikke mezar tan, srtndaki hrka mezarn, tennuresi isekefenini simgeler. Semazenlerin sa elleri yukarya, sol elleri aaya dnktr. Bu;

Haktan alr halka saarz, hibir eyi kendimize mal etmeyiz, grnte var olan, araclkeden bir suretten bakas deiliz anlamn tar.

Semzenin dn eklinin de dinsel anlamlarvardr. Semzen dnerken iinden zikiryapmaktadr. Sem srasnda kollarn almasyla

semzen, Arapadaki "lamelife benzer bir "l"figr oluturur. Semzenin gvdesi bu lmelifinortasna ekilmi bir eliftir. Bu pozisyon "l" ve"ill" kelimelerini hatrlatr. Bu ise kelime-i tevhidinyani "l ilahe llallah" sznn semboldr.Semzen bu pozisyonuyla "benim aslnda birvarlm yok, gerek varlk Allah'ndr" demektedir.Bu ifade tpk maddenin yeni tanmna benziyor:

Madde maddeden olumamtr ve gerek varlk; dnen bir enerjidenibarettir.

Elektronun ve dnyann dn ile bu kadar benzer zellikleri kendinde barndran Sem

dn; insann kendi enerji merkezini bulmaya, gcn ve erkini arttrmaya, doruynde olmaya adanm bir dntr. Yerekiminden ve bedeni arlktan kurtulmu hissiveren bu dnn meydan; yuvarlak oluuyla dnyay, Mevlevi dedesinin oturduuMevlana'y temsil eden krmz post gnei, ayinin trafiini dzenleyen semazenba ay,semazenler de gezegenleri temsil ediyor. Yani sem ayini bir anlamda gne sisteminive bu sistemde esas olan 'dn' anlatyor.

Her eyin gelip geici olduunu ve bu evrende dnen birzerrecik olduunu kabul edebilirse insan, zlecek pek birey kalmyor ve sz Mevlanadan unutulmaz bir tlebitirmek gerekiyor.

Sevgide gne gibi ol,

Dostluk ve kardelikte akarsu gibi ol,Hatalar rtmede gece gibi ol,Tevazuda toprak gibi ol,


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fkede l gibi ol,Her ne olursan ol,Ya olduun gibi grn,Ya grndn gibi ol.

There are an infinite number of parallel realities

coexisting with us in the same room.

There are hundreds of different radio waves being broadcast all around you from

distant stations. At any given instant, your office or car or living room is full of these

radio waves. However if you turn on a radio, you can listen to only one frequency at a

time; these other frequencies are not in phase with each other. Each station has a

different frequency, a different energy. As a result, your radio can only be turned to

one broadcast at a time. Likewise, in our universe we are *tuned into the frequency

that corresponds to physical reality. But there are an infinite number of parallel

realities coexisting with us in the same room, although we cannot tune into them.

~ Professor Steven Weinberg, Nobel Prize in Physics (1979)

There are probably other parallel universes in our

living room.

There are vibrations of different universes right here, right now. Were just not in

tune with them. There are probably other parallel universes in our living roomthis

is modern physics. This is the modern interpretation of quantum theory, that many

worlds represents reality.

~ Dr. Michio Kaku, Theoretical Physicist, Professor and Bestselling Author

In infinite space, even the most unlikely events

must take place somewhere.In infinite space, even the most unlikely events must take place somewhere. People

with the same appearance, name and memories as you, who play out every possible

permutation of your life choices.

~ Professor Max Tegmark, Dept. of Physics, MIT

We are facing a revolution in our thinking about

the physical universe.


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Today, probably more than in any other day, we are facing a revolution in our

thinking about the physical universethe stuff that you and I are made of. This

revolution, brought to a head by the discoveries of the new physics, including

relativity and quantum mechanics, appears to reach well beyond our preconceived

vision, based as it was on the concept of concrete solid reality.

~ Dr Fred Alan Wolf, Author and Physicist

If a universe can be imagined, it exists.~ Professor M.R. Franks, Member, Royal Astronomical Society of Canada

An ensemble of other different universes is

necessary for the existence of our universe.~ Professor John D. Barrow, Dept. of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics,

Cambridge University

We all exist in multiple universes

but we only carry our own perception of our universe. We walk in our own bubble

of reality without time or space and create our own universe.

~ Gerald ODonnell, Leading Expert in the Military Science of Remote Viewing

The way to You

By Hakim Sanai(1044? - 1150?)

English version by Priya Hemenway

The way to Youlies clearly in my heart

and cannot be seen or known to the mind.As my words turn to silence,

Your sweetness surrounds me.

The Moon of Your Love

By Muhammad Shirin Maghribi

(1349 - 1406)
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English version by David & Sabrineh Fideler

Not a single soul lacks

a pathway to you.

There's no stone,no flower --not a single piece of straw --lacking your existence.

In every particle of the world,the moon of your lovecauses the heartof each atom to glow.

into morning-glories

By Kobayashi Issa(1763 - 1828)

English version by David G. Lanoue

into morning-glorieswith one shoulder bare...holy man

- from the website http://haikuguy.com/issa/

The Soul That Does not Live in God is not Alive

By Sultan Valad(1240? - 1312)

English version byAndrew Harvey

Spring makes red and white flowers appear on the trees,But the spring that is the origin of colors is colorless.

Understand what I have said, and give up all talk;
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Run to the Origin without color and unite yourself to it.

Annihilate yourself before the One ExistenceSo that thousands of worlds leap out of you

And your pure existence flames out of itselfAnd goes on and on birthing different forms.

Of course, none of these forms will last.Happy is the one who knows this mystery!

Happy is he who gives his life to know this!He leaves this house for another far more radiant.

You cannot understand this mystery through reason;The Way to Knowledge winds through suffering and torment.

If you do not feel pain, you do not look for healing.The soul that does not live in God is not alive.

She seems like a soul, but does not deserve the name:She has not been made alive by the Beloved.

The soul is given life by the four-elements

Like a lamp that burns through the night:

The light is from oil and wick, it is not eternal.While the oil exists, the lamp burns, but then goes out.

The one made alive by God will never die.He lives through God and not through gold or bread.

God is the Light, the Eternal Source of Lights.The Light is causeless, as is His fiery radiance.

Like gold, God's value comes from His pure, perfect essence.

In dense darkness, O Mother

By Swami Vivekananda(1863 - 1902)
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In dense darkness, O Mother,Thy formless beauty sparkles;Therefore the yogis meditate in a dark mountain cave.In the lap of boundless dark,on Mahanirvana's waves unborn,Peace flows serene and inexhaustible.Taking the form of the Void,in the robe of darkness wrapped,

Who art Thou, Mother,seated alone in the shrine of samadhi?From the Lotus of Thy fear-scattering Feetflash Thy love's lightnings;Thy Spirit-Face shines forth

with laughter terrible and loud!

The love of God, unutterable and perfect

By Dante Alighieri(1265? - 1321)

English version by Stephen Mitchell

The love of God, unutterable and perfect,flows into a pure soul the way that lightrushes into a transparent object.

The more love that it finds, the more it givesitself; so that, as we grow clear and open,the more complete the joy of heaven is.

And the more souls who resonate together,the greater the intensity of their love,and, mirror-like, each soul reflects the other.

Gathering Tea

By Jakushitsu(1290 - 1367)

English version byArthur Braverman
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To the branch's edgeand the leaf's under surface

be most attentive

Its pervasive aromaenvelopes people far away

The realms of form and functioncan't contain it

Spring leaks profuselythrough the basket

Once I was bathed in the Light of Truth within

By Sarmad(? - 1659)

English version by Isaac A. Ezekiel

Once I was bathed in the Light of Truth within,I abandoned all planning and scheming.

If you, too, seek this transcendence,leave your lower self -- then from head to footyou will see your whole being as God's refulgence.

The Footprint

By Mirza Ghalib(1797 - 1869)

English version by Robert Bly
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In this world of infinite possibilityI look around for the second stepof desire--

All I see is one footprint!

The drum with no drumhead beats;

By Namdev(1270 - 1350)

English version by Nirmal Dass

The drum with no drumhead beats;clouds thunder without the monsoon;rain falls without clouds.Can anyone guess this riddle?

I have met Ram the beautiful,and I too have become beautiful.

The philosopher's stone turns lead into gold;costly rubies I string with my words and thoughts.I discovered real love; doubts, fears have left me.I found comfort in what my guru taught me.

A pitcher will fill when plunged in water,so Ram is the One in all.The guru's heart and the disciple's heart are one.Thus has the slave Namdeva perceived Truth.

The I Ching States Happiness Lies in the ProperBlend of:

By Ryokan(1758 - 1831)

English version by John Stevens
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Hot-coldgood-bad

black-white

beautiful-uglylarge-small

wisdom-foolishnesslong-short

brightness-darknesshigh-lowpartial-wholerelaxation-quicknessincrease-decrease

purity-filthslow-fast.

The Moor

By R. S. Thomas(1913 - 2000)

It was like a church to me.I entered it on soft foot,Breath held like a cap in the hand.It was quiet.

What God was there made himself felt,Not listened to, in clean coloursThat brought a moistening of the eye,In movement of the wind over grass.

There were no prayers said. But stillness

Of the heart's passions -- that was praiseEnough; and the mind's cessionOf its kingdom. I walked on,Simple and poor, while the air crumbled

And broke on me generously as bread.

You are the forest

ByAkka Mahadevi(12th Century)

English version byA. K. Ramanujan
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16/22

You are the forest

you are all the great trees

in the forest

you are bird and beastplaying in and outof all the trees

O lord white as jasminefilling and filled by all

why don't youshow me your face?

You Went Away but Remained in Me

By Mansur al- Hallaj(9th Century)

English version by Mahmood Jamal

You went away but remained in meAnd thus became my peace and happiness.

In separation, separation left meAnd I witnessed the Unknown.

You were the hidden secret of my longing,Hidden deep within my conscience deeper than a dream.
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17/22

You were my true friend in the dayAnd in darkness my companion.

-- from Islamic Mystical Poetry: Sufi Verse from the Early Mystics to Rumi, Translated byMahmood Jamal

Mirror Pond on Mount Taibo in Shanxi

By Hsu Yun(1839 - 1959)

English version by Zen Buddhist Order of Hsu Yun

The water and my mind have both settled downInto perfect stillness.Sun and moon shine bright in it.

At night I see in the surfaceThe enormous face of my old familiar moon.I don't think you've ever met the source of this reflection.

All shrillness fades into the sound of silence.But now and then a puff of mist floats across the mirror.It confuses me a littleBut not enough to make me forget to forget my cares.

When They Sleep

By Rolf Jacobsen(1907 - 1994)

English version by Robert Hedin

All people are children when they sleep.

there's no war in them then.They open their hands and breathe
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18/22

in that quiet rhythm heaven has given them.They pucker their lips like small childrenand open their hands halfway,soldiers and statesmen, servants and masters.The stars stand guardand a haze veils the sky,a few hours when no one will do anybody harm.If only we could speak to one another then

when our hearts are half-open flowers.Words like golden beeswould drift in.- God, teach me the language of sleep.

Can You Imagine?

By Mary Oliver(1935 - )

For example, what the trees donot only in lightning stormsor the watery dark of a summer's nightor under the white nets of winter

but now, and now, and now - wheneverwe're not looking. Surely you can't imaginethey don't dance, from the root up, wishingto travel a little, not cramped so much as wantinga better view, or more sun, or just as avidlymore shade - surely you can't imagine they juststand there loving everyminute of it, the birds or the emptiness, the dark ringsof the years slowly and without a soundthickening, and nothing different unless the wind,

and then only in its own mood, comesto visit, surely you can't imaginepatience, and happiness, like that.

What is this awesome mystery

By Symeon the New Theologian(949 - 1032)

English version by John Anthony McGuckin
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19/22

What is this awesome mysterythat is taking place within me?I can find no words to express it;my poor hand is unable to capture itin describing the praise and glory that belongto the One who is above all praise,and who transcends every word...My intellect sees what has happened,

but it cannot explain it.It can see, and wishes to explain,

but can find no word that will suffice;for what it sees is invisible and entirely formless,simple, completely uncompounded,unbounded in its awesome greatness.

What I have seen is the totality recapitulated as one,received not in essence but by participation.Just as if you lit a flame from a flame,it is the whole flame you receive.

The Lake Isle of Innisfree

By William Butler Yeats(1865 - 1939)

I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made:Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honeybee,

And live alone in the bee-loud glade.

And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings;There midnight's all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,

And evening full of the linnet's wings.

I will arise and go now, for always night and dayI hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;

While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,I hear it in the deep heart's core.

[15] Sorrow looted this heart

ByAbu-Said Abil-Kheir(967 - 1049)
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20/22

English version by Vraje Abramian

Sorrow looted this heart,

and Your Love threw it to the winds.This is how the secret which saints and seers were denied

was whispered to me.

Where I wander -- You!

By Levi Yitzchak of Berditchov(1740 - 1810)

English version by Perle Besserman

Where I wander -- You!Where I ponder -- You!Only You everywhere, You, always You.

You, You, You.When I am gladdened -- You!And when I am saddened -- You!Only You, everywhere You!

You, You, You.Sky is You!Earth is You!

You above! You below!In every trend, at every end,Only You, everywhere You!

On the Communion of the Three Persons (fromRomance on the Gospel)

By John of the Cross(1542 - 1591)

English version by Ivan M. Granger

Out of the vast loveborn of them both,

the Father spoke to the Sonwith words of celebration,
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with words of such full delightthat none can know;only the Son, only he took joy,since they were breathed in his ear alone.

But here is whatcan be understood:-- "Nothing, my Son, pleases me,

but your company.

"If something is sweet,through you alone do I taste it.The more of you I see in its reflection,

the wider my smile;

"What is unlike you,has nothing of me.In you alone is my delight,life of my life!

"You are the fire of my fire,my knowing;the form of my substance,

in you am I well pleased.

"Whoever gives his love to you, my Son,to him I give myself,and him I fill

with the love I feel for youjust for making you beloved,my Beloved."

ReasonBy Samuel Taylor Coleridge(1772 - 1834)

...Finally, what is Reason ? You have often asked me; and this is myanswer:--

Whene'er the mist, that stands 'twixt God and thee,Sublimates to a pure transparency,
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That intercepts no light and adds no stain--There Reason is, and then begins her reign!

But alas!

--`tu stesso, ti fai grossoCol falso immaginar, si che non vediCio che vedresti, se l'avessi scosso.

[You yourself blind yourselfWith delusion's dream, so you do not seeWhat you'd see if you had shaken it off.]

Gray, my friend, is every theory, (from Faust)

By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe(1749 - 1832)

Gray, my friend, is every theory,but green is the tree of life.

The mind has neither color nor form

By Shabkar (Shabkar Tsogdruk Rangdrol)(1781 - 1851)

English version by Matthieu Ricard

The mind has neither color nor form.Search for it: it is nowhere.

Emptiness!
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