A Golden
Compass
Compass
Forget every
idea of right and wrong
Any classroom ever taught you
idea of right and wrong
Any classroom ever taught you
Because
An
empty heart, a tormented mind,
Unkindness, jealousy and
fear
An
empty heart, a tormented mind,
Unkindness, jealousy and
fear
Are always the
testimony
You have been completely fooled!
testimony
You have been completely fooled!
Turn your back
on those
Who would imprison your wondrous spirit
With deceit and
lies.
on those
Who would imprison your wondrous spirit
With deceit and
lies.
Come, join the
honest company
Of the King’s beggars –
Those gamblers, scoundrels and
divine clowns
And those astonishing fair courtesans
Who need Divine Love
every night.
honest company
Of the King’s beggars –
Those gamblers, scoundrels and
divine clowns
And those astonishing fair courtesans
Who need Divine Love
every night.
Come, join the
courageous
Who have no choice
But to bet their entire world
That
indeed,
Indeed, God is Real.
courageous
Who have no choice
But to bet their entire world
That
indeed,
Indeed, God is Real.
I will lead
you into the Circle
Of the Beloved’s cunning thieves,
Those playful royal
rogues –
The ones you can trust for true guidance –
Who can aid you
In
this Blessed Calamity of life.
you into the Circle
Of the Beloved’s cunning thieves,
Those playful royal
rogues –
The ones you can trust for true guidance –
Who can aid you
In
this Blessed Calamity of life.
Hafiz,
Look
at the Perfect One
At the Circle’s Center:
Look
at the Perfect One
At the Circle’s Center:
He Spins and
Whirls like a Golden Compass,
Beyond all that is
Rational,
Whirls like a Golden Compass,
Beyond all that is
Rational,
To show this
dear world
dear world
That
Everything,
Everything in Existence
Does point to
God.
Everything,
Everything in Existence
Does point to
God.
(“I
Heard God Laughing” – by Daniel
Ladinsky)
Heard God Laughing” – by Daniel
Ladinsky)