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alan
USA
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 Posted - Mar 15 2006 : 2:59:25 PM
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i caught a notion
that no outward motion
is necessary
but here's one
for fun 
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david_obsidian
USA
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Posted - Mar 15 2006 : 6:09:57 PM
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Hello Alan,
thanks for the inspired poem.
Let me give one interpretation. By the way, I don't see any particular interpretation of a poem of this kind as being valid, or invalid, even if it was intended or not intended by the poet. Rather, some of the best of poems come from a place of depth from which several interpretations can follow.
" I caught a notion that no outward motion is necessary " -- this is from the perspective of the transcending principle, or 'Shiva' energy. The sense that all the Self needs is within the Self; the abidance in completeness beyond Form.
"But here's one [outward motion] for fun" -- the perspective producing the outward motion is Shakti energy, or the energy of Creation. Creation is done for fun.
In the empty void, the single god Shakti-Shiva recites the poem, and that creates the Universe. When saying 'Here's one for fun', Shakti-Shiva blows a bubble, and that is the Universe.
Of course, the 'one for fun' can mean the poem itself. So on one level, it is the writing of a human poet who experiences two currents, Shiva (transcendent) and Shakti (creational), and produces one (poem) for fun. So the poem (child) is the result of love-making between Shakti and Shiva within the poet.
And yet ... the poem could have an alternative title, 'On peeing against the wall', which gives a nice, alternative, irreverent interpretation. 
-D
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alan
USA
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Posted - Mar 15 2006 : 7:20:45 PM
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thank you D. that says it very nicely, although i find beauty on peeing against the wall ;0)
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Etherfish
USA
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Posted - Mar 16 2006 : 11:43:35 PM
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OK here's an example of how much smarter David is than me.
I thought it meant that meditation is the most important thing, but he's making a motion that we should have physical fun too.
Which I completely agreed with. The two most important things in my life. |
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Jim and His Karma
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Posted - Mar 17 2006 : 01:25:02 AM
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Sparkle
Ireland
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Posted - Mar 17 2006 : 09:03:29 AM
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Jim said:
Maybe the sufis are right and we should all be dancing.
-ditto-
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