Brian’s Reflection: Wednesday, Jan 21, 2009


I laugh when I hear that the fish in the water is thirsty.

You don't grasp the fact that what is most alive of all is inside
your own house; and so you walk from one holy city to the next
with a confused look!

Kabir will tell you the truth: go wherever you like, to Calcutta or Tibet;
if you can't find where your soul is hidden, for you the world will never be real!

- Kabir, Sufi sage


What is Kabir’s point? That we human beings like to blame others or something else for our difficulties or unhappiness. We don’t like to stop and consider that “we” are the problem! That we are starving ourselves of the “oxygen” that we can only find in our own “water”!!

So many of us spend all kinds of energy and money going from retreat to retreat, from guru to guru, from church to church, from religion to religion. But, as Jung said, insanity is defined by thinking that doing things the same way will bring different results.

Let’s nurture our own soul. With the inner resources we already have, resources we were given by our creation. “What is most alive of all is inside your own house”. Let’s get to know ourselves. That’s how the World will become real!!

Brian+