Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Here are some thoughts on death by one of my favourite poets. It gives me comfort in times of grief. I hope it can do the same for you.
My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
...Deb
"Thoughts on death
On the day I die, when I'm being
carried toward the grave, don't weep.
Don't say, "He's gone! He's gone!"
Death has nothing to do with going away.
The sun sets and the moon sets,
but they're not gone. Death
is a coming together.
The tomb looks like a prison,
but it's really release
into union.
The human seed goes down in the ground
like a bucket into the well where Joseph is.
It grows and comes up full
of some unimagined beauty.
Your mouth closes here
and immediately opens
with a shout of joy there.
- by Jelaluddin Rumi, written the day before he died.
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