words from the fringe

[alan]

  i caught a notion

  that no outward motion

     is necessary

    but here's one
                 for fun
       

[david_obsidian]

Hello Alan,

thanks for the inspired poem.

Let me give one interpretation.  By the way,  I don't see any particular interpretation of a poem of this kind as being valid,  or invalid,   even if it was intended or not intended by the poet.  Rather,  some of the best of poems come from a place of depth from which several interpretations can follow.

" I caught a notion that no outward motion is necessary " -- this is from the perspective of the transcending principle,  or 'Shiva' energy.  The sense that all the Self needs is within the Self;  the abidance in completeness  beyond Form.

"But here's one [outward motion] for fun" -- the perspective producing the outward motion is Shakti energy,  or the energy of Creation.  Creation is done for fun.

In the empty void, the single god Shakti-Shiva recites the poem,  and that creates the Universe.  When saying 'Here's one for fun',  Shakti-Shiva blows a bubble,  and that is the Universe.

Of course,  the 'one for fun' can mean the poem itself.  So on one level, it is the writing of a human poet who experiences two currents,  Shiva (transcendent) and Shakti (creational),  and produces one (poem) for fun.  So the poem (child) is the result of love-making between Shakti and Shiva within the poet.

And yet ... the poem could have an alternative title,  'On peeing against the wall',  which gives a nice,  alternative,  irreverent interpretation.  

-D

[alan]

thank you D. that says it very nicely, although i find beauty on peeing against the wall  ;0)
-a

[Etherfish]

OK here's an example of how much smarter David is than me.

I thought it meant that meditation is the most important thing, but he's making a motion that we should have physical fun too.

Which I completely agreed with. The two most important things in my life.

[Jim and His Karma]

Maybe the sufis are right and we should all be dancing.

[Sparkle]

Jim said:
Maybe the sufis are right and we should all be dancing.

-ditto-[]