The Lame Goat
You have seen a herd of goats
going down to the water.
The lame and dreamy goat
brings up the rear.
There are worried faces about that one, but now they are laughing, because look, as they return, that one is leading.
There are many different ways of knowing.
The lame goat’s kind is a branch
that traces back to the roots of presence.
Learn from the lame goat,
and lead the herd home. |
La Cabra Coja
Has visto algún rebaño de cabras
ir hacia el agua.
La cabra coja y soñadora va hasta atrás.
Algunos rostros la miran con preocupación, pero ahora se ríen. Miren de regreso
esa cabra las va guiando.
Hay muchas y diferentes maneras de saber.
La de la cabra coja es una rama que
se remonta a las raíces de la presencia.
Aprende de la cabra coja,
y conduce al rebaño hacia el hogar. |
2017 Commentary: See with the eyes of the lame goat inside you who realizes that the perceived demands of life on your time this day are relatively unimportant when compared to a vibrant presence.
Comentario: Ve con los ojos de la cabra coja dentro de ti que se da cuenta que las demandas de la vida sobre tu tiempo el día de hoy son relativamente insignificantes cuando las comparas con mantener una presencia vibrante.
Carl Jung said that properly the first half of life was one of movement outward and the second half of movement inward. The saying from the Sufi's, "there is no reality but God, only God" is helpful in loosing the grip of looking outward for life's meaning.
ReplyDeleteMore...Humans differ from other animals in the aspect of having a theory of mind (see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evQsOFQju08 ). This develops around the age of 3 or 4 years of age and involves a feeling of separation from others. Before this occurs a child may think while talking with grandma on the phone that grandma can see what the child sees. The development of a theory of mind for humanity is the story of the Garden of Eden and the process each child must move through to develop an ego. Life kicks each child out of the garden and into the lone and dreary world where I know that no one can really feel what I am feeling.
ReplyDelete"Unless you become as a little child..." from Jesus is a statement of the call to return to unity consciousness.
We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. T. S. Eliot