For some background on Kamalakanta, see this post. Shyama is another name for Kali, the black skinned goddess.
Can everyone have the vision of Shyama?
Is Kali’s treasure for everyone?
Oh, what a pity my foolish mind
will not see what is true!
Even with all His penances,
rarely does Shiva Himself behold
The mind-bewitching sight
of Mother Shyama’s crimson feet.
To him who meditates on Her,
the riches of heaven are poor indeed;
If Shyama casts Her glance on him,
he swims in Eternal Bliss.
The prince of yogis, the king of the Gods,
meditate on Her feet in vain;
Yet worthless Kamalakanta
yearns for the Mother’s blessed feet!
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In een eerdere Kamalakanta-Call klonk:
“I cannot fathom Her.”
Nu blijkt dat zelfs Shiva Shyama slechts zelden ziet en dat de hoogste yogi’s vergeefs op haar voeten mediteren.
Kamalakanta noemt zichzelf waardeloos — en verlangt toch.
Begrijpen bereikt haar niet. Inspanning garandeert haar visioen niet. Maar het verlangen blijft.
Pir-o-Murshid Hazrat Inayat Khan:
“It is the desire of the soul to see something that it has never seen; it is the constant longing of the soul to know something it has never known.”
— The Sufi Message, Vol. IX, The Unity of Religious Ideals, “The God-Ideal”
Mullah zei:
“Ik begrijp het niet.”
Hij zweeg.
“En toch verlang ik.”