To sing life’s glory now I’ll seek, these days;
to find a greater life through constant praise.
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this – yet, seeing this –
this knowing seeing –That!
His parents guarded the temple,
wandered, looked, later readall that was said;now, he selects the stone,listening all the time, hoping thathe hears the voice of Krishna say,take this piece…sharpens his chisel; prays;with each tap, a chiselled prayerrings out the question; magnified; or diminished?chips away – outside himself, inside himself –all that is not Krishna;until finally, all that awaitsis the faintest…
Isn’t it extraordinary – when
the One whom atheists deny(for then they would have to acknowledgeOne greater than themselves…)knew, knows, about humility…?I mean, how could He?Suppose, He hadn’t sentsuch men as Jesus Christto show us that humilitywas, is, godly, and indeed,a path to know that One?Would we then be treatingthe humble as the self-victimisingscum of the earth? And we, assured…
To coin a metaphor:
wandering into a Catholic churchand hearing someone just out of the confessionalmuttering 32 Hail Mary’s as instructedhuddled in the nearest pew,and thinkinghey once is enough…for some, a ceaseless act of worship;for some, a wake-up call;the intentioncould be the same
I’m still sharp on memories, and appointments,
at least, not until 14 hours later when it’s too late…My good friend on the other handis sharp on names, and lots of them,but can’t remember events or appointments reliably…Perhaps we should form a consortium,have a permanently open line:‘You remember that friend you introduced me towho we arranged to visit next Tuesday?What’s her name? ‘‘Jane…
The phone’s just rung: ‘Hi this is Rosie
luxury cruise to the Bahamas’…dreams, dreams, dreamsone of the few things all religions, all philosophiesare agreed on: it’s the statebetween waking and sleeping.beyond that, they’re rather coy.for Freudians, precious clues;for Jungians, universal archetypes;for other theorists, justa mental and emotional shit, convenientlyachieved without a conveniencebut for religion and philosophy, pretty mucha keep-off territory: maybe there’s a…