Unable to say yes or no.
Then a stretcher will come from grace
to gather us up.
We are too dull-eyed to see that beauty.
If we say we can, we’re lying.
If we say No, we don’t see it,
That No will behead us
And shut tight our window onto spirit.
So let us rather not be sure of anything,
Beside ourselves, and only that, so
Miraculous beings come running to help.
Crazed, lying in a zero circle, mute,
We shall be saying finally,
With tremendous eloquence, Lead us.
When we have totally surrendered to that beauty,
We shall be a mighty kindness.
- I think the theme here is of 'giving in', there is great strength in knowing nothing if you allow there to be. See the beauty there is in embracing a world which you don't really understand...The term 'zero circle' is very interesting for a multitude of reasons. My own interpretation from Rumi's use of 'us' and 'we' is that he believes that surrender to our great creator invloves working together to create peace. If mankind were to unite in a circle that is everything - that is wholeness. A 'zero' circle is like a wheel that does not move in either direction...to lie in a zero circle is to unite as one and become 'mighty kindess' - to be still with everything and everyone.
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