The
Universe in Your Eyes
“I
salute the light within your eyes where the whole universe dwells. For when you
are at that center within you and I am at that center within me, we shall be
one.”
Crazy
Horse
I ran
across this quote by Crazy Horse, leader of the Oglala Sioux in the 19th
century, on Facebook this morning. Think about that—a native man, a warrior in
the 1800’s, who spoke with such dignity, spiritual understanding and deep human
compassion. It reminded me of Rumi’s poem, “Beyond”:
“Out beyond ideas
of wrongdoing and right doing,
there is a field.
I’ll meet you
there.
When the soul lies
down in that grass,
the world is too
full to talk about…”
(Translation by Coleman Barks)
Rumi, a
Sufi dervish in the 12th century, was also spiritually advanced. I
wonder how much we’ve lost of that wisdom by confining ourselves to one set of
beliefs and then focusing on making anyone who didn’t agree with them out to be
“a savage,” or a “heretic.” Do you ever wonder what the world would be like if
we respected other religions and embraced the spiritual beliefs and rituals of
each? Imagine where we might be now—how many wars might be avoided, lives
saved, differences settled peacefully.
Rather
than constantly competing, what if we were to open our hearts to each other, see
the universe in one another’s eyes, give up judging right and wrong. Would we
be one? How would it feel to lie down in that grass? It’s something to think
about today, and if possible, to put into practice. I’m going to give it a try.
In
the Spirit,
Jane
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