Tuesday, August 07, 2012

O Lord . .

















Unbreakable, O Lord

Unbreakable, O Lord,
Is the love
That binds me to You:
Like a diamond,
It breaks the hammer that strikes it.

My heart goes into You
As the polish goes into the gold.
As the lotus lives in its water,
I live in You.

Like the bird
That gazes all night
At the passing moon,
I have lost myself dwelling in You.

O my Beloved --
Return.


by Mirabai
English version by Jane Hirshfield

Sunday, July 29, 2012

Go Inward . .















Worldly people go outward, but you must go inward like the turte, withdrawing within your shell.

- Neem Karoli Baba