Rodak's Writings: Poem

A High Flying Bird

a bird of the north

a bird of the west

wings soar above plains

the shadow cast

by the light she seeks

falls even this far

she of another generation

she of another country

she of another mate

we share a continent

briefly sometimes share

a take on beauty, but I…

…I eat alone

I sleep with a cat

I fly in my dreams

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Photo: Pd Lietz

 

Readings: Ying-Yang Sufi-style

from Chapter 5 -- “The Heart” -- of the text What is Sufism? by Martin Lings:

When it is said that God is Love, the highest meaning this can have is that the Archetype of all the positive relationships—conjugal, parental, filial and fraternal—are Indivisibly One in the Infinite Self-Sufficing Perfection of the Divine Essence. A less absolute meaning is that the central relationship, namely the conjugal one on which the others depend and in the background of which they are already present, has its Archetype in the polarization of the Divine Qualities into Qualities of Majesty and Qualities of Beauty. It results from this Archetype that mutual concord depends on likeness and unlikeness, affinity and complementarity. Both the Majesty and the Beauty are Infinite and Eternal, whence their affinity. But one is Active Perfection and the other is Passive Perfection, whence their complementarity. On earth the human pair have affinity through their vice-regency for God, and they are complementary through being man and woman. The harmony of the universe depends on analogous samenesses and differences not only between individuals but also between worlds. …Thus it is possible to speak of ‘the Marriage of Heaven and Earth’…

Reflections: Vicious Cycle

 

It is the self-righteousness of the self-righteous that blocks them from the conscious realization of their self-righteousness. In that condition their egos have no recourse--in trying to construct a workable reality--but to project their faults onto other people; only this allows that self-righteousness to survive. It's a problem.