The same stream of life

that runs through the world

runs through my veins

night and day

in rhythmic measure.

It is the same life

that shoots in joy through the dust of the earth

into numberless waves of flowers.

            –Tagore

 

We all want to be the Saint

and condemn the Devil

The problem is we are all both of them.

We condemn one thing

And appreciate the other.

At any moment

You can be loving

And have crushed your hatred down.

And in the next moment

you have put your Angel of Light above

and crushed your dark devil down.

But rather than night opposing day,

rather than the dark suppressing the light,

purity fighting against impurity,

Immoral versus moral,

Love against hatred,

Evil at war with all that is good…

May they work together as a unified whole.

Things are as they are.

When it is dark,

I can see no fault

As the darkness covers all blemishes

In darkness,

we see only

The true essence of our being

there is therefore a deep relaxation in darkness

And if I am afraid of the dark

I am divided and not at peace

And I cannot relax.

Darkness is all around us

Before we came

and when we leave

In Infinite darkness

Where I feel no fear

I am undivided

And do not condemn

For in reality

there is no purity and impurity.

From sound to inner silence.

Therefore, I close my eyes

and see only darkness;

I am ignorant and silent

For if the division is not there

Then it will disappear from consciousness

Then both can exist together.

Nothing is certain but this.

Tags: Judgement, Error, Limitation, non-judgement,