I see the Self...

My teacher put a lotion on my eyes
that dissolved the cataracts,

and now wherever I look I see
the self,

God,

inner life
everywhere.

Lalla,
this is true!


- Lalla
14th Century North Indian mystic

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From "Naked Song"
Versions by Coleman Barks
Maypop, 1992