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Modern Sufi Poetry by Hamid Shibata Bennett
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Hamid Shibata Bennett, LMT, CAMT
Advanced massage & bodywork
Earth Body Wellness Center East
3810 SE Belmont ST
Portland, Oregon 97214
ABMP ~ OBMT #301
503-975-1259
There is no one in this world
who is not looking for god.
-Hafiz
Thousands of lifetimes of teachings have misrepresented enlightenment.
Tis not a sudden moment...
a breakthrough to all the hidden secrets
It is life itself...
...a continual awakening.
Stubbing your toe and a first kiss.
That first, sweet, sweet blackberry falling off the vine into your palm
before you even touched it.
Enlightenment cannot be grasped with words.
Once written the moment is
gone
Forever lost.
So, why bother with these scribbles?
These silly babbles show ones discovery of self,
erupting from silence,
left for you,
my dear friend...
I sing for you
to caress your heart
to tickle your soul.
You may even find a bit of yourself here
if you dare to peek.
There is a chuckle giggling somewhere close in your belly.
A bodhisattva smiling in your reflection.
Live this nirvana...
Become the samahdi you seek.
Then, drop the search
and live only these wonders.
This is a time for madness!
Cripple the sun with your own exquisite light!
Hold the moon in your pocket with a few marbles
and a bit of string.
Collect the entire sky with every inhalation.
Create the heavens with every breath and sneeze!
Who is this voice, you ask?
I am the sufi in you
coming out to play!
~
Silence cannot be described
this perfection is shattered with a single word.
Live this wonder and nothing need be said.
Samahdi isnt far, in fact, tis closer than you dream.
Take two steps outside yourself
then nestle back inside.
Spring yawns and the cold frost is gone
A bear scratches his fuzzy butt on a log
and trots off to find some
honey.
~
