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May 10, 2016
 
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Kabir gave voice to the Eternal through his poetry. His words continue to serve as portals to the Divine for millions of seekers from all traditions.

These poems are from a collection by Robert Bly. They are his renderings of these ecstatic poems of Kabir.

 Kabir: Ecstatic Poems
 Versions by Robert Bly



#25
Are you looking for me? I am in the next seat.
My shoulder is against yours.
You will not find me in stupas, not in Indian shrine rooms, nor in synagogues, nor in cathedrals:
not in masses, nor kirtans, not in legs winding around your own neck, nor in eating nothing but vegetables.
When you really look for me, you will see me instantly -
you will find me in the tiniest house of time.
Kabir says: Student, tell me, what is God?
He is the breath inside the breath.



#37
The spiritual athlete often changes the color of his clothes,
and his mind remains gray and loveless.

He sits inside a shrine room all day,
so that the Guest has to go outdoors and praise the rocks.

Or he drills holes in his ears, his beard grows
enormous and matted,
people mistake him for a goat...
He goes out into the wilderness areas, strangles his impulses,
and makes himself neither male nor female...

He shaves his skull, puts his robe in an orange vat,
reads the Bhagavad-Gita, and becomes a terrific talker.

Kabir says: Actually you are going in a hearse to the
country of death,
bound hand and foot!



#42
Have you heard the music that no fingers enter into?
Far inside the house
entangled music -
What is the sense of leaving your house?

Suppose you scrub your ethical skin until it shines,
but inside there is no music,
then what?

Mohammed's son pores over the words, and points out this
and that,
but if his chest is not soaked dark with love,
then what?

The Yogi comes along in his famous orange.
But if inside he is colorless,
then what?

Kabir says: Every instant that the sun is risen, if I stand in the temple, or on a balcony, in the hot fields, or in a walled garden, my own Lord is making love with me.


 


 Living in the Presence
 Weekend Meditation Retreat June 3-5, 2016

Living In The Presence

Meditation Retreat
Friday evening-Sunday afternoon, June 3-5, 2016
Garrison Institute, Garrison, NY

Profound meditation unfolds the direct experience of Living in the Presence, knowing the Infinite, the Divine, as your Self and keeping the company of your highest nature through everyday life. During this retreat, through diksha, meditations, empowered mantras, chanting and instruction, you can learn to access what lies beyond the mind - the power, joy, compassion and creativity of the One - and deepen your experience of living each day in the wise, loving Presence of the Divine within.

Come and discover the breath within the breath that arises from stillness and dissolves into stillness. Come and discover the unstruck sound that no instrument plays, yet it pervades the heart of your heart.

There's never a moment when the Divine isn't embracing you with Love. Awaken from the dream of separation, you've suffered long enough.

Advance registration required.
Please visit the Garrison Institute to register.

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May all beings know complete freedom from suffering and may all our actions reflect only wisdom, compassion, patience and love.

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Lawrence Edwards, PhD
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