' Through the six chakra centers '...

My body caught fire like an ember,

as I brought the syllable OM,

the one that says “You are That,”

into me.

I moved through
the six chakra centers
that urge human beings to action
and out into the lightedness
where Lalla lives now.



- Lalla
14th Century North Indian mystic

From "Naked Song"
Versions by Coleman Barks
Maypop 1992