One who handles a sword well
gets power.
Someone generous
and disciplined wins what
the public religions offer.
But, knowledge of the deep self comes
only from a teacher who is That.
Everything we do mixes
in the ground of the self.
- Lalla
14th Century North Indian mystic
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From "Naked Song"
Versions by Coleman Barks
Maypop 1992
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