Lalla-Naked-Song
Lalla lived in Kashmir in the 14th century, when many doctrinal streams were merging: Shaivism, sufism, Vedantic non-dualism, and other -isms, but Lalla is beyond religious categories, a living combination that cannot be described in those terms.
Lalla lived in Kashmir in the 14th century, when many doctrinal streams were merging: Shaivism, sufism, Vedantic non-dualism, and other -isms, but Lalla is beyond religious categories, a living combination that cannot be described in those terms.
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I haven't lost my sense<br />
of being separated.<br />
* * *<br />
Unconscious people read the scriptures<br />
like parrots saying Ram, Ram,<br />
in their cages.<br />
It's all pretend-knowledge.<br />
Read rather, with me, every<br />
living moment as prophecy.<br />
Three things about grinding grain:<br />
Once you start the mill turning,<br />
it easily keeps its momentum.<br />
Only the hub knows<br />
the secret of milling.<br />
When fine flour appears by the millstone,<br />
grist will find its own way<br />
into the millyard.<br />
* * *<br />
Don't talk of different religions.<br />
The one reality is everywhere,<br />
not just in a Hindu, or a Muslim,<br />
or anywhere else! Realize:<br />
your awareness is<br />
the truth about God.<br />
Awareness cleaned my mind<br />
to a polished mirroring.<br />
The presence came near, and I knew<br />
that That was everything,<br />
and I nothing.<br />
* * *<br />
Lost in the wilderness between<br />
true awareness and the senses,
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