Wishing all the readers, HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010.
This new chapter, another new linear year, let us have a dream. Let's wake up and dream.
Now, let's talk about dreams...!
Ever dreamed that you were being chased by something frightening? Being chased by a tiger, perhaps? Or something called a ghost?
Did you remember the dream well enough to describe it after you awake? Did you remember the colour of the dream? Or was it colourless? Or could not even tell whether the dream was colourless or colourful? Could not tell if it was colourless even !!
When awakened from the dream, did you feel the heart thumping, perhaps you were sweating too?
Let us ponder...
Who was having a dream ?
In the dream, who saw you being chased by the tiger ? (take your time now and perhaps you want to read the question again)
Who saw You ? saw Who ? Who again, was watching you being chased ? !!
Who felt and experienced the fright moments ? You again ?
Who was then, sweating ? well.. You ?
Who was there sleeping in the bed ? You ?
Thou Art the Sky and the Deep Sea
When you fall asleep,
you go from the presence of yourself
into your own true presence.
You hear something and surmise that
someone else in your dream has secretly informed you.
You are not a single "you."
No, you are the sky and the deep sea.
Your mighty "Thou," which is nine hundredfold,
is the ocean,
you go from the presence of yourself
into your own true presence.
You hear something and surmise that
someone else in your dream has secretly informed you.
You are not a single "you."
No, you are the sky and the deep sea.
Your mighty "Thou," which is nine hundredfold,
is the ocean,
the drowning place of a hundred "thou's" within you.
Mathnawi III: 1300-1303, Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski,
"Rumi: Jewels of Remembrance", Threshold Books, 1996
"Rumi: Jewels of Remembrance", Threshold Books, 1996
"I am He whom I love,
and He whom I love is I:
We are two spirits...
dwelling in one body.
If thou seest me,
thou seest Him,
And if thou seest Him,
thou seest us both.
(al-Hallaj)
I'd like to end this post with a song and lyrics from my favorite artist, M. Nasir.
Di Balik Cermin Mimpi
Di balik cermin mimpi
Aku melihat engkau
Di dalam engkau
Aku melihat aku
Di dalam engkau
Aku melihat aku
Ternyata kita adalah sama
Di arena mimpi yang penuh bermakna
Bila bulan bersatu dengan mentari
Bayang-bayang ku hilang
Di selebungi kerdip nurani
Mencurah kasih, kasih murni
Mencurah kasih
Di balik cermin, cermin mimpi
Adalah realiti yang tidak kita sedari
Hanya keyakinan dapat merestui
Hakikat cinta yang sejati
Hakikat cinta yang sejati
Dengan tersingkapnya tabir siang
Wajah kita jelas terbayang
Wajah kita jelas terbayang
Dan terpecah cermin mimpi
Menjadi sinar pelangi
Pelangi
and one more from Rumi.....
The Beloved is all, the lover just a veil.
The Beloved is living, the lover a dead thing.
If Love withholds its strengthening care,
the lover is left like a bird without wings.
How will I be awake and aware if the light of the Beloved is absent?
Love wills that this Word be brought forth.
If you find the mirror of the heart dull,
the rust has not been cleared from its face.
(Mathnawi: I:30-34, Version by Camille & Kabir Helminski,
"Rumi: Daylight", Threshold Books, 1994)
