A Zero-Circle - Jelalludin Rumi

[Larry Robinson]

A Zero-Circle

Be helpless and dumbfounded,
unable to say yes or no.

Then a stretcher will come
from grace to gather us up.

We are too dulleyed to see the beauty.
If we say "Yes we can," we¹ll be lying.

If we say "No, we don¹t see it,"
that "No" will behead us
and shut tight our window into spirit.

So let us 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 will be saying finally,
with tremendous eloquence, "Lead us."

When we¹ve totally surrendered to that beauty,
we¹ll become a mighty kindness.

           - Jelalludin Rumi
	      Mathnawi IV, 3748-3754
               (Translation by Coleman Barks)



And a reminder:



September 7th
Rumi’s Caravan Comes to Oakland!
 

 
Recitation of World Poetry
Doug Von Koss, Larry Robinson, Barry and Maya Spector, Kay Crista, 
Carol Fitzgerald and Maurice Wren, with musicians Cindy Albers and Amelia Romano
 
Humanist Hall, 390 27th Street, Oakland
Between Telegraph and Broadway – 7:00 PM
 
Rumi’s Caravan is in its 13th year, selling out every time!
 
TICKETS: $15.00/Advance, $20.00 at the door (if any are available)
 
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