Breath by Kabir (trans. by Robert Bly)
Are you looking for me? I am in the next seat.
My shoulder is against yours.
You will not find me in stupas, not in Indian shrine rooms,
nor in synagogues, nor in cathedrals:
not in masses, nor in kirtans, not in legs winding around your
own neck, nor in eating nothing but vegetables.
When you really look for me, you will see me instantly—
you will find me in the tiniest house of time.
Kabir says: Student, tell me what is God?
He is the breath inside the breath.
I haven't been writing any commentary when offering the poem and picture for Advent but for today will pose a question . .. how would the world be changed if we acknowledged the presence of the Holy in the breath of others?
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