On Attributes of Love
Speech is the physical
manifest of love and mind, meanings
the touchstone and scale for their measure. [1]
Loving is the selflessness and
renouncing the ‘I’, love is
something out of our essence from the realm of previous abode. [2] Forsake that
which you love not, a shortcut for that which deep within. Once the
dawn of
love shines upon you, shall seek no one and no one can ever find you.
If fearing for your death,
become
a lover the ever-lasting
death-less one. Death takes away the life of the living, death finds
not the
one given life by love. Love is the fire that setting all ablaze, love
is the
death for the Angel of Death.
A mighty glittering pearl once
one beautified by love.
The one in bondage of his Self
entangled, (must realize)
there exists no Shaman [3] for the idol of love. Though on
the outside much
happiness and joy, moans of sorrow deep within the lover. Bruised and
blue the
bosom of the brave lover, thus is clipped the wings of the fortune’s
dove.
On the quest for the
satisfaction of people and approval of
intelligentsia, running after acceptance with much sorrow. Sweet on
tongue the
fever of love’s affliction, Sweet rolling down the throat the burning
of love’s
decree.
If you yearn for jewels then
mine, if you yearn for love
then suffer. [4]
Loveless, arid and parched you
are, unable to taste even a
little breadcrumb. [5]
The man in depth of heart's
darkness seeking to face the
light, (like a seed) shall sprout out towards the luminous light of
love. [6]
Mind, Self and Disposition
instruments for living this life,
Do you know what they are compared to love?
Self a design while Mind a
painter, Disposition dust while love
scorched earth. Once Mind paints afresh upon the Self the designs gone,
once
love’s savanna sprouts (through the earth) Disposition (dust) gone. [7]
Until such time solitary in
seclusion with love, seeking
(love) and escaping (Self and this world) are two main occupations.
[1] Arabic/Koranic word ‘Soorat’ was
used which means to
mold to shape to fashion, which in concept is applied to physical form.
Therefore so far as humans go, love and mind have no physical
manifestation
except that of words! And the meanings of these words show the karat of
the
purity of both love and mind.
[2] Love is something “in and of
itself”. It existed before
the creation of man, rules the universe, found in every particle and
every
moment of time. Man is not exempt from infectious love. Love was there
in
Paradise for Adam and Eve and when they were disgraced and sent down to
earth,
the love accompanied them. Therefore the love Mankind feels within is
not of
this earth and originated from the previous station of existence i.e.
the
Paradise.
[3] In the Farsi manuscript the words
reads exactly Shaman,
which is the Russian for a devout holy man. The word actually comes
from the
Central Asian tribe of Tungus and it is pronounced as Saman. In
Sanskrit it
reads Sramana, which means the one going beyond to know. Sanaa-ee says
this
idol 'love' needs no Shaman i.e. the Self. If you want love, Self must
be
forsaken. You keep the Self then you forsake love.
[4] Mankind is marred with love!
Because the true
application and usage of this love are not meant for this universe.
Love
originates from Paradise and it shall be blissful only there. On this
earth
love shall bring much affliction. If you did not believe this, you
would not be
reading this line. These afflictions force the man to drop Self and
emigrate back to Beloved, thus the pain stopped.
[5] This is a proverb phrase used by
Rumi as well. In the
desert people carry dried bread for later consumption. And unless water
is used
or much saliva it cannot be eaten. Kind of a pun I guess.
[6] Man is like a seed in darkness of
the soil of heart.
Hidden even from him self. In order for him to come out of darkness,
like a
germinating seed must be attracted and moved towards the light but not
sun’s instead
love’s! Such happens to a baby drawn out of the womb’s darkness towards
the
radiating motherly love. If man is loveless then it shall be un-sprout
in the
darkness if his own heart until he dies and then eventually pulled out
of
his grave
rushing towards the light of the Beloved.
[7] Our desires are a bunch scratched
up designs and our
mind out of caution and intelligence draws over them better designs
thus our
desires often wiped off through this process. Our disposition and
nature is
really a very minor thing like a bit of dust, love shall spread its
roots
through the savanna and grab hold the soil of our humanity and there
shall be
no dust ever.
Background: A
seed germinating in the dark forcing towards light.
©
2003-2002, Dara Shayda
