Some via negativa poetry
I haven’t posted in a couple days, I have a number of irons in the fire and been doing a lot of art which I will share soon. But I’m thinking of you and thought you might enjoy these via negativa poems:
God is pure no-thing,
concealed in now and here:
The less you reach for him,
the more he will appear
-Angelus Silesius
If in your heart you make
a manger for his birth,
then God will once again
become a child on earth.
-Angelus Silesius
Beloved, show me the way out of this prison.
Make me needless of both worlds.
Pray erase from this mind all
that is not you.
-Abu Saeed Abil Kheir
Thank the flame for its light,
but do not forget the lampholder
standing in the shade with constancy of patience.
-Tagore (Little Birds 64)
Where is the fountain
that throws up these flowers
in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?
-Tagore (Little Birds 70)
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Thanks for reading my blog.
These are beautiful and very spiritual. I like the manger in the heart one the best. Speaks to my heart!