Tuesday, August 03, 2010
The Voyeur
The Voyeur
No one told us
what to do
after we had seen it,
this hidden beauty.
As if we had stolen secretly
into the harem
where all the lovely ones live,
concubines of god,
they offer their bodies
to whatever angels
arrive in the night.
Even then,
the vibrations ruffled
the curtain
where you stood.
Dorothy Walters
July 30, 2010
(This poem is a metaphor for how one feels after Kundalini awakening or any other intense spiritual or visionary experience. It is as if one has somehow entered a secret chamber and stumbled upon hidden treasures contained there, or witnessed sacred ceremonies. To experience Kundalini in this way is to encounter the hidden currents of the universe, to know how it is to "open to whatever angels may come." The poem employs the language of love and awakened senses, the traditional vocabulary often used East and West to express our deep connection with the Divine. Think of Krishna and the many "gopis" (milkmaids) he makes love with, Zeus and his countless human lovers, the poets who through the centuries wrote love poems to "the Beloved Within," nuns who become "the bride of Christ," and St. Teresa who fell into rapture when she experienced divine union. Indeed, after deep awakening, one feels as though one has moved closer to heaven, and realizes more fully what it means to experience love that is not based on an actual human partner.)
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