(A playful bird.)
Playfully you hid from me.
All day I looked.Then I discovered
I was you,
and the celebration
of That began.~ Lalla (India)
About a month or two ago I was flipping through Yoga Journal magazine. I think it was the June issue but don’t hold me to that as I no longer have the copy to check. I came across the poem quoted above as part of a review of the book Mala of the Heart: 108 Sacred Poems
It is a difficult thing to describe. It was a lot like looking at a breathtaking sunrise or sunset and suddenly, briefly, feeling a connectedness to everything.
From time to time I would think about it as I meditated. It came to mind again when we were at the Lake Irene trail head in Rocky Mountain National Park and I saw a bird flitting around playfully in a pine tree, almost inviting me to follow as it hopped from branch to branch, peering out every now and then in a game of hide-and-seek.
I bought a copy of the book just before we set out on our trip to Colorado. I haven’t had a chance to do much more than flip through it to look for the exact wording of Lalla’s poem. I’m looking forward to reading more, and the journeys and adventures that might bring.
Now, that a cute birdie 🙂
Thanks, Piyush. I think he’s pretty cute too. 😀
I didn’t know you had another blog, Robin. This is a beautiful restful place to visit. That poem…describes perfectly that which I, too, sometimes glimpse in meditation. The realization that we are all One and it’s just been an interplay of separateness. One day we’ll blink and we’ll see and we’ll laugh and laugh…don’t you think?
Hi Kathy. Thanks for joining me here. 🙂
This used to be my primary blog. I let it go a couple of years ago, thinking I didn’t really need it so much anymore. Plus I wanted to put an end to my Multiple Blog Disorder (I had around 4 or 5 blogs at the time) and merge everything into one place. As it turns out, Bountiful Healing needs a place of its own and I need Bountiful Healing as a place to rest and relax and get the occasional attitude adjustment. It’s my creative spot in life, too. It looks likely that BH will be my primary blog once again.
The realization that we are all One and it’s just been an interplay of separateness. One day we’ll blink and we’ll see and we’ll laugh and laugh…don’t you think?
I agree. 😀