[Thespiritexpress] Poetic Meditative Moments

[Toni Bernbaum]

Thanks Ed….and to all who share their poetic gems. Lovely to hear and lovely to read  .  ♥️

> On Mar 4, 2026, at 9:25 PM, Ed Balldinger via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org> wrote:
> 
> Greetings Dear People ~ 
> 
> I was asked to share this poetic moment that came to me during meditation prior to Recognition Sutras class on Tuesday this week:
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> My egoic self accepted a meditative role as the blower away of all that wants to stay as awareness sits in silence watching the blower blow. 
>  
> I also want to share the Rumi poem (translated by Coleman Barks) that I read before class on Tuesday, called, “Fish, Look.”
> 
> Look, Fish
>  
> I saw the friend clearly,
> and I stopped reading books and memorizing poems. 
> I quit going to church and fasting
> to be a better person.
> I quit worrying about when I should be praying.
> I saw how I was undisciplined and toxic.
> I saw how lovely and strong.
> No mercy for the drunk, a full sentence.
>  
> Let the beautiful one come out in fine clothes.
> Wind his hair into God’s rope.
> Twist the braids into a cross for Christians to see.
> His light is better than the sun’s.
> How could he have gotten so withered and weak?
> Now he jokes and pounds the table.
> He was wine under a lid, Joseph at the bottom of the well.
> Know yourself in the light of the true ones,
> as the ground sees its face in a garden,
> as rock knows its own secret when put next to a ruby,
> iron next to polished steel.  Come into existence.
>  
> Flies go round to every pile of dung,
> and finally out of that compost comes the Anya bird,
> the true man.  When a person is born
> of this new moment, it does not wear off tomorrow.
> Sit with lovers and be useful.  Do not wander away.
> Look, fish, at the ocean behind you.
> Go back where you came from, sea creature.
>  
> You hear the sound of water,
> and you know where you want to be.
> Why wait?  You have gone places that you regret going
> for money and other reasons.  Do not do that again.
> Water says, Live here.
> Do not carry me around in buckets and pans.
> Those are false duties.  Rest and be quiet. 
>  
>           ~ Rumi
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> Peace and harmony to all, 
> 
> ~ Ed Balldinger
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