JUST BE
Taken off from
the waters
in the form of a drop,
I exist
even when the drop
turns invisible, and rises
to the skies
for a liquid dispensation.
in the form of a drop,
I exist
even when the drop
turns invisible, and rises
to the skies
for a liquid dispensation.
Once in this
atmosphere,
I wonder
if anything can go anywhere.
I wonder
if anything can go anywhere.
We are just
here.
The spirit
which longs for the immortal
finds a counter point
in the body and mind
lusting for desires
which longs for the immortal
finds a counter point
in the body and mind
lusting for desires
The spirit goes
back
for audit
and the body returns
to the stage
in a different guise.
for audit
and the body returns
to the stage
in a different guise.
What I lacked
was the knowledge: what I was doing and what I am doing now?
was the knowledge: what I was doing and what I am doing now?
I can't have
all the knowledge
for that would simply
explode my head
for that would simply
explode my head
Can I hear all
the noise of the Universe?
A brain is a
drop of water
contains essentialities
yet it cannot fathom
the reality of the ocean.
contains essentialities
yet it cannot fathom
the reality of the ocean.
Our eyes too
see bit by bit
of our surroundings
can we see back and forth at the same time?
of our surroundings
can we see back and forth at the same time?
What we possess
is a little light
a little knowledge
which is otherwise dangerous
for we cannot relate
the broken bits into a whole experience.
a little knowledge
which is otherwise dangerous
for we cannot relate
the broken bits into a whole experience.
We are in a
state of fragmented reality.
Eyes break the reality visibly
and mind breaks it perceptibly.
Eyes break the reality visibly
and mind breaks it perceptibly.
Too much is
this phenomenon
called existence
for man to grasp.
called existence
for man to grasp.
Best thing is
to close
these eyes and
look beyond the horizons.
these eyes and
look beyond the horizons.
Not bother for
minor pains
which lead
to greater suffering.
which lead
to greater suffering.
Just be.
Live in that trance of creation.
Love the moment of existence
and thank the Creator
for his benedictions.
Avoid the temptation
to know.
The fruit is still forbidden.
Live in that trance of creation.
Love the moment of existence
and thank the Creator
for his benedictions.
Avoid the temptation
to know.
The fruit is still forbidden.
The Tree of Knowledge -- Marc Chagall
And Jehovah God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
ReplyDelete— Book of Genesis 2:16–17
Naturally, Adam and Eve consumed the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden and were punished for their malfeasance. The fruit has generally been depicted as an apple in western Europe, due to the Latin word "malum" -- on the one hand, derived from "malus," it meant "evil," but also meant "apple." In the 2nd century Judah bar Ilai ("Rabbi Judah") identified it as wheat, perhaps combining the ideas of "khet" (Hebrew for sin) and "khitah" (wheat). Because Adam and Eve covered their previously innocent nakedness with fig leaves, the 17th-century Bosnian Kabalist, Nehemiah Hiyya ben Moses Hayyun (Rabbi Nechemia), identified the forbidden fruit as a fig, remarking, "By that with which they were made low were they rectified;" the fig has long been a symbol of female sexuality and was often identified as the forbidden fruit by Renaissance artists (like Michelangelo Buonarroti on his Sistine Chapel ceiling). The fruit has often been regarded as metaphorical, especially as the fruit of the womb (sex and procreation from the tree of life). Paramhansa Yogananda claimed that his mentor Swami Sri Yuktiswar regarded the Garden of Eden as a reference to man's body, with the fruit in its center being the sexual organs.