tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8416825.post110747239687617495..comments2023-09-06T02:38:55.328-07:00Comments on Graceful Presence: A Crystal RimMeredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09432640322896933989noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8416825.post-1108918930619924562005-02-20T09:02:00.000-08:002005-02-20T09:02:00.000-08:00Thank you Darrell for sharing this wonderful poem!...Thank you Darrell for sharing this wonderful poem! I had not heard of it before. It adds further light to the image of the bird; the metaphor is stunning. I would love to be a little bird and hear your group discuss "how to build a place within our souls for this spirit-bird to reside." <br /><br />Thank you, dear Friend.Meredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09432640322896933989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8416825.post-1108913031079495632005-02-20T07:23:00.000-08:002005-02-20T07:23:00.000-08:00"An emerald bird rises from inside me..."
The Suf..."An emerald bird rises from inside me..."<br /><br />The Sufi mystics use this image of the "bird inside" in several of their poems. Here's one by Kabir, from the book "Perfume of the Desert," which sparked a lively discussion when I read it at a workshop recently...<br /><br />There is a bird on this body tree<br />That dances in the ecstasy of life.<br />No one knows where it is,<br />And who could ever know<br />What its music means?<br />It nests where branches cast deep shadow;<br />It comes in the dusk and flies away at dawn<br />And never says a word of what it intends.<br /><br />No one can tell me anything<br />About this bird that sings in my blood.<br />It isn't colored or colorless;<br />It doesn't have a form, or outline;<br />It sits always in the shadow of love.<br />It lives within the Unreachable, the Boundless, the Eternal<br />And no one can tell when it comes or when it goes.<br /><br />Kabir says, "Fellow seeker,<br />The mystery of this bird<br />Is marvelous and profound.<br />Be wise; struggle to know<br />Where this bird comes to rest."<br /><br />KABIR <br /><br />I made the off-hand remark that the poem reminded me of the song by They Might Be Giants called "Build a Little Birdhouse in Your Soul." This led to a pretty deep discussion of how to do exactly that: how to build a place within our souls for this spirit-bird to reside.<br /><br />blessings,<br />DarrellDarrell Grizzlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985769455812351926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8416825.post-1107813215180887642005-02-07T13:53:00.000-08:002005-02-07T13:53:00.000-08:00It is like this site is such a bridge - in fact I ...It is like this site is such a bridge - in fact I think I hear you singing...<br /><br />Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com