I was woken this morning at an ungodly hour by Jose Gonzalez singing Crosses to me, instinctively I tried to snooze my phone, but realise someone from the outside world was making contact. There was screaming in my ear. and instantly I was wide awake with the biggest smile on my face, chortling at her apology for mixing up the time difference. It didn't matter, she made my day.
Its Sunday afternoon in Copenhagen , but it feels like night settled in hours ago. Winter is around the corner and as the days continue getting shorter and colder, I wonder if I will ever see the sun shine again. But there is a beauty in the darkness, it leaves things hidden, leaves things unsaid. Leaves a sense of mystery that the sun's rays erase the moment it peaks it head through the overcast Scandinavian sky.
Let go of your worries
and be completely clear-hearted,
like the face of a mirror
that contains no images.
If you want a clear mirror,
behold yourself
and see the shameless truth,
which the mirror reflects.
If metal can be polished
to a mirror-like finish,
what polishing might the mirror
of the heart require?
Between the mirror and the heart
is this single difference:
the heart conceals secrets,
while the mirror does not.
~ Rumi (The Divani Shamsi Tabriz, XIII)
and be completely clear-hearted,
like the face of a mirror
that contains no images.
If you want a clear mirror,
behold yourself
and see the shameless truth,
which the mirror reflects.
If metal can be polished
to a mirror-like finish,
what polishing might the mirror
of the heart require?
Between the mirror and the heart
is this single difference:
the heart conceals secrets,
while the mirror does not.
~ Rumi (The Divani Shamsi Tabriz, XIII)
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