Friday, November 19, 2010

Let Your Arrogance Go

Words by 14th century mystic poet Kabir:

…you know the sprout is hidden inside the seed.
We are all struggling; none of us has gone far.
Let your arrogance go, and look around inside.

The blue sky opens out farther and farther,
The daily sense of failure goes away,
The damage I have to myself fades,
A million suns come forward with light,
When I sit firmly in that world.

(translated by Robert Bly. As listed in Coming to Our Senses, Jan Kabat-Zinn, p.481)