Tired and exhausted was I, asking time and again;
Out of Nothing emerged Something, bewildering and great!
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They who give up false hopes and don’tput trust in the things of the world,Ascend, unafraid of Death’s terrorsby scriptures told;For having lived contented lives,they are not debtors of Desire
The steed of mind speedeth over the sky,
A hundred thousand leagues traverseth he.Yet a man of discrimination can controlthe curvetting steed,And, on the wheels of praana and apraana, guidehis chariot aright.
The soul, like the moon,
And I have seen the oceancontinuously creating.Since I scoured my mindand my body, I too, Lalla,am new, each moment new.My teacher told me one thing,live in the soul.When that was so,I began to go naked,and dance.[Taken from Naked Song, by Lalla / Translated by Coleman Barks]
Lalla wilfully entered the garden door (of self).
I saw Shiva and ShaktiMerged in one:Absorbed in that VISION, IDissolved in Him alive.Realised the essence and,Tasted the sweetness ofThe Divine secret, I would die while aliveHow can He stop me ?
Fondly will they drink water from
That is too brimful to accommodateEven a mustard seed anymore:Deer, Jackal, rhinoceros, sea-elephant ariseLike waves of rhythm and splash,In the ocean of space and time,.To share pleasure and, pain, merriment and grief.For a while in transition and then,Wither away and fall backInto the same lake:
Dying and giving birth go on
but most people misunderstandthe pure play of creative energy,how inside that, thoseare one event.