Zen Poem

The Rev · 10-07-2011, 01:12 AM

There is only one breath taken
In your entire life.
The rest just distract you from it.
They are illusions.

The Rev

**Mafoo** · 10-07-2011, 01:50 AM

your first breath is purity, the rest serve to dilute the pure intentions and actions of the first breath. as we age our breath becomes stale and we progress ever further toward the rebirth of a pure breathing soul

**SageTree** · 10-11-2011, 07:28 AM

Poetry by RUMI -- Only Breath - YouTube

Quote:

By-Mevlâna Jalâluddîn Rumi

Only Breath

Not Christian or Jew or Muslim, not Hindu
Buddhist, sufi, or zen. Not any religion

or cultural system. I am not from the East
or the West, not out of the ocean or up

from the ground, not natural or ethereal, not
composed of elements at all. I do not exist,

am not an entity in this world or the next,
did not descend from Adam or Eve or any

origin story. My place is placeless, a trace
of the traceless. Neither body or soul.

I belong to the beloved, have seen the two
worlds as one and that one call to and know,

first, last, outer, inner, only that
breath breathing human being.

**SageTree** · 10-11-2011, 07:29 AM

Poetry by RUMI -- Only Breath - YouTube

Quote:

By-Mevlâna Jalâluddîn Rumi

Only Breath

Not Christian or Jew or Muslim, not Hindu
Buddhist, sufi, or zen. Not any religion

or cultural system. I am not from the East
or the West, not out of the ocean or up

from the ground, not natural or ethereal, not
composed of elements at all. I do not exist,

am not an entity in this world or the next,
did not descend from Adam or Eve or any

origin story. My place is placeless, a trace
of the traceless. Neither body or soul.

I belong to the beloved, have seen the two
worlds as one and that one call to and know,

first, last, outer, inner, only that
breath breathing human being.

10-07-2011, 01:12 AM	#1 (permalink)
The Rev Clear Light Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: In my head, somewhere. Posts: 17,865 Thanks: 5,018 Thanked 5,420 Times in 2,865 Posts	Zen Poem There is only one breath taken In your entire life. The rest just distract you from it. They are illusions. The Rev __________________ Budforce - My Friend August 29, 1973- May 25, 2012

10-07-2011, 01:50 AM	#2 (permalink)
Mafoo nice daze Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: the anguish of anticipated transformation Posts: 5,975 Thanks: 3,776 Thanked 2,652 Times in 1,698 Posts	your first breath is purity, the rest serve to dilute the pure intentions and actions of the first breath. as we age our breath becomes stale and we progress ever further toward the rebirth of a pure breathing soul __________________ PLUR For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return

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