Praise
Every war and every conflict
between human beings has happened
because of some disagreement about names.
It is such an unnecessary foolishness,
because just beyond the arguing
there is a long table of companionship
set and waiting for us to sit down.
What is praised is one, so the praise is one too,
many jugs being poured into a huge basin.
All religions, all this singing, one song.
The differences are just illusion and vanity.
Sunlight looks a little different
on this wall than it does on that wall
and a lot different on this other one,
but it is still the same light.
We have borrowed these clothes,
these time-and-space personalities,
from a light, and when we praise,
we are pouring them back in.
by Rumi
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I assume that pole does not belong to a pole dancer?
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Holds up our bathroom sink!
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Ah yes.
The Uni-Verse…
The One (Infinite) Song of God.
One Consciousness…
Light,
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That is beautiful Polly – thank you – bearing in mind the negotiations that are taking place right now re Brexit. I love the idea of a ‘long table of companionship’ …..
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