"By far the best part of every person's mind is not that which he knows, but that which hovers in gleams, suggestions, tantalizing, unpossessed before him. His firm recorded knowledge soon loses all interest for him. But this dancing chorus of thoughts and hopes is the quarry of his future."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Why did that moon-face [Radha]
cross my path?
Just for one moment her eyes met mine
Whose sidelong glance is all too keen . . .
Giving just a glimpse of your breast,
You stole his heart.
Vidyapati inquires: O Beauty,
how shall Krishna live? . . .
Your sidelong glances have stolen his
wits away . . .
When there you stood with hanging hair,
Across your breast but half its veil,
Then Krishna, seeing all, was sorely troubled.
Vidyapati, 15th century Indian Poet
(The flirtations between Krishna and Radha symbolize the loveplay occurring between God and the feminine divinity of the human soul, which has a habit of hiding itself)
Photo: One of the La Sal Mountains peeks through a gap in the sandstone, Canyonlands National Park, UT, November 27, 2011
Thank you. Love the photos and the selections of quotes.
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome, James. I'm glad you're enjoying them!
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