Jagad Guru
Sunday, February 11th, 2007Ma liked to take big steps
when she walked.
She wore lotus garlands
and laughed
with her mouth open.
Ma enjoyed everything at
nobody’s expense.
Ma rescued plants
and slayed egos.
She chatted in bed
and caused earnest men
to weep with joy.
She danced to divine music,
spoke the rishis’ tongue
and her teeth were stained betel-red.
Ma never slept while she was sleeping.
She was never entranced.
Dakinis showed her other realms and worlds.
Wide awake, She taught her human sisters well.
Ma made no
spiritual quests.
She did not journey
to the body of rainbow lights.
She is the pilgrimage
and She is the resolution of human life.
Each time,
when that body is done,
a spring of fierce compassion
takes its place.
The source of that spring
is the trident of
MA,
endlessly
birthing a new
City of Light.
Shambhavi
Note: Shiva’s trident is a living symbol of Shakti, the power of manifestation. She is always by His side because to manifest is the nature of Reality. In one sense, the City of Light is Kashi, or Varanasi. Kashi is said to rest atop Siva’s trident. In another sense, Kashi is the mythopoetic birthplace of the world, and the City of Light is the entire creation.
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