A dear friend emailed this photo to me, flying over Vancouver Island. The accompanying text was "The finger prints of God are everywhere" When I saw this, I immediately thought of the poetry of HafizThe Golden Compass
Forget every idea of right and wrong
Any classroom ever taught you
Because
An empty heart, a tormented mind,
Unkindness, jealousy and fear
Are always the testimony
You have been completely fooled!
Turn your back on those
Who would imprison your wondrous spirit
With deceit and lies.
Come, join the honest company
Of the King's beggars -
Those gamblers, scoundrels and divine clowns
And those astonishing fair courtesans
Who need Divine Love every night.
Come, join the courageous
Who have no choice
But to bet their entire world
That indeed,
Indeed, God is Real.
I will lead you into the Circle
Of the Beloved's cunning thieves,
Those playful royal rogues -
The ones you can trust for true guidance -
Who can aid you
In this Blessed Calamity of life.
Hafiz,
Look at the Perfect One
At the Circle's Center:
He Spins and Whirls like a Golden Compass,
Beyond all that is Rational,
To show this dear world
That Everything,
Everything in Existence
Does point to God.
~Hafiz
~*~
10 comments:
I see the analogy, also reminds me of a lost civilizations book.
That's beautiful.
beautiful
Tim,
We are the lost civilisation.
Albi,
Even though my head feels likes its shrinking, I will come over to your blog and give it another go.
Tanya and Minerva,
Beauty recognizes beauty........don't you think?
YES.
The very nature of civilization is to be lost...thats why every civilization before us has abandoned their way of life...they all over farmed their environment and returned to hunting and gathering...
Wonderful poem and what a photo huh? Is that snow on the mountains right now?!!!
Hi Candy and Ruth!
Yes, its a glacier north of Campbell River, in Strahcona Park.
I am so glad I stopped by and saw this photo of Vancouver Island! We will be there for a week's vacation starting October 1. There won't be snow, of course, but I know we will be in awe of Nature everywhere--the "finger prints of God!"
That is so cool Ginnie. Maybe you can stop by and say hi.
I mean in "real" life.
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