Awake / Mindful / Presence – Page 3

The Soul, Like the Moon

The soul, like the moon,

is new, and always new again.

And I have seen the ocean

continuously creating.

Since I scoured my mind

and my body, I too

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.

~Lalla, 14th century Kashmir,
Translation by Coleman Barks

“There are ways in, journeys to the center of life,
through time; through air, matter, dream and thought.

The ways are not always mapped or charted,
but sometimes being lost, if there is such a thing,
is the sweetest place to be…

And always, in this search, a person might find
that she is already there, at the center of the world.

It may be a broken world,
but it is glorious nonetheless.”