Just before reading your post about Infinite Belonging I came across this poem by Rumí:
The light you give off
did not come from a pelvis.
Your features did not begin in semen.
Don’t try to hide inside anger
radiance that cannot be hidden.
I don’t think Rumí is “putting down” Somatic Belonging so much as making a distinction that helps us pivot more flexibly between these two domains of experience. What do you think? The effect of the poem on me is akin to coming out from under “a bushel basket”
Yes—I think you’re right. I hear him saying don’t limit your notions of self, expand your understanding of who you are! Like the Zen idea of our “original face,” we are so much more than we’ve been conditioned to believe. 🌟
Just before reading your post about Infinite Belonging I came across this poem by Rumí:
The light you give off
did not come from a pelvis.
Your features did not begin in semen.
Don’t try to hide inside anger
radiance that cannot be hidden.
I don’t think Rumí is “putting down” Somatic Belonging so much as making a distinction that helps us pivot more flexibly between these two domains of experience. What do you think? The effect of the poem on me is akin to coming out from under “a bushel basket”
Yes—I think you’re right. I hear him saying don’t limit your notions of self, expand your understanding of who you are! Like the Zen idea of our “original face,” we are so much more than we’ve been conditioned to believe. 🌟