The Goddess Who Created This Passing World

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The Goddess who created this passing world 

Said Let there be lightbulbs & liquefaction 

Life spilled out onto the street, colors whirled 

Cars & the variously shod feet were born 

And the past & future & I born too 

Light as airmail paper away she flew 

To Annapurna or Mt. McKinley 

Or both but instantly 

Clarified, composed, forever was I 

Meant by her to recognize a painting 

As beautiful or a movie stunning 

And to adore the finitude of words 

And understand as surfaces my dreams 

Know the eye the organ of affection 

And depths to be inflections 

Of her voice & wrist & smile

~ Alice Notley

Quote on Indian mysticism

Image Credit: Mystique Earth

Indian mysticism, and Hinduism in particular, clothes its statements in the form of myths, using metaphors and symbols, poetic images, similes and allegories. Mythical language is much less restricted by logic and common sense. It is full of magic and of paradoxical situations, rich in suggestive images and never precise, and can thus convey the way in which mystics experience reality much better than factual language. According to Ananda Coomaraswamy, ‘myth embodies the nearest approach to absolute truth that can be stated in words.'
The rich Indian imagination has created a vast number of gods and goddesses whose incarnations and exploits are the subjects of fantastic tales, collected in epics of huge dimensions. The Hindu with deep insight knows that all these gods are creations of the mind, mythical images representing the many faces of reality. On the other hand, he also knows that they were not merely created to make the stories more attractive, but are essential vehicles to convey the doctrines of a philosophy rooted in mystical experience.

~ Fritjof Capra

Quote on Indian mysticism

Image Credit: Mystique Earth

Indian mysticism, and Hinduism in particular, clothes its statements in the form of myths, using metaphors and symbols, poetic images, similes and allegories. Mythical language is much less restricted by logic and common sense. It is full of magic and of paradoxical situations, rich in suggestive images and never precise, and can thus convey the way in which mystics experience reality much better than factual language. According to Ananda Coomaraswamy, ‘myth embodies the nearest approach to absolute truth that can be stated in words.'
The rich Indian imagination has created a vast number of gods and goddesses whose incarnations and exploits are the subjects of fantastic tales, collected in epics of huge dimensions. The Hindu with deep insight knows that all these gods are creations of the mind, mythical images representing the many faces of reality. On the other hand, he also knows that they were not merely created to make the stories more attractive, but are essential vehicles to convey the doctrines of a philosophy rooted in mystical experience.

~ Fritjof Capra