"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

16 February 2013

Open.

Curtis, Hidatsa Medicine Man, 1907


Opening the letter of the body's life inside the words.  This body, your life, is a letter to the king of the universe.

Go to a private place and open it and read to see if the words are right.  If they

aren't, start another!  And don't think it's easy to open the body and read the secret

message.  This is the most courageous work, not something for children playing with knucklebones in the dirt.

Open to the title page.  Is what it says there the same as what you have said it says?  If

you're carrying a heavy sack, empty out the stones!  Bring only what should be given.

- Rumi

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