Rudy Rap-Ode to Mirabai
I am delighted to be the subject of a Rudy Rap by my friend Rudra Ram, AKA Alan Hutner, host of the legendary Transitions Radio Magazine:
(http://transitionsmedia.com/)
Feeling seen….
Ode to Mirabai: Bringing the Saints to You and I
01/15/14
Author Mirabai Starr
How dear you are
To explore Saints…and Sinners
From near and far
Across the centuries
Teachings from their seeming quasars
Addressing common themes
Of human beings
Pain and suffer-ing
Deep wounds covered by bling
Or any other avoidance thing
To mask the sting
Of hurts and wound-ings
Yet these Saints know what to bring
To help mitigate the cling
To the wrong thing
To wake up and sing
I to was a sinner
I just missed the mark
Like an arrow missing the bullseye
Hitting the wrong target part
Some Hebrew or Latin word
Corrupted in our language absurd
To mean the work of the devil
But Sin hath no hell
Other than a wake up bell
If you missed the mark
Then restart
Like Brother Saint Francis
Who learned the fine art
Of unconditional love
One of the first peace doves
Who knew God’s natural order
Below and above
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
His (Franco) Zaffarel movie
Will put you in a swoon
The story of a man
Given a Divine boon
To be a conduit for love
As Mirabai points out
“The prevailing culture urges us
To stand up for our rights”
Even to the extent we excessively fight
As she also reminds, the culture urges us
“to assert our own individuality,
To be somebody”
While Francis of Assisi
Teaches us to become nobody,
So that the Holy one may radiate through us
The bottom line, Now mine
True power comes from love sublime
From “opening to our essential
Interconnectedness with all beings”
That’s what Mirabai and the Saints are seeing
That includes living and forgiving
Another aspect of love
Also expressing compassion
Francis gave a leper a hug
Don’t even squash a bug
End the ego tug
Separation is like a drug
So pull the plug
On anything unlike love
If it’s not real love
Just give it a shrug
Pass the miracle jug
Take a sip
To the All That Is
Bow and dip
And let true love
Map your next mystical trip.
By Alan Hutner AKA Rudy, Copyright © 2014
(http://transitionsmedia.com/)
Feeling seen….
Ode to Mirabai: Bringing the Saints to You and I
01/15/14
Author Mirabai Starr
How dear you are
To explore Saints…and Sinners
From near and far
Across the centuries
Teachings from their seeming quasars
Addressing common themes
Of human beings
Pain and suffer-ing
Deep wounds covered by bling
Or any other avoidance thing
To mask the sting
Of hurts and wound-ings
Yet these Saints know what to bring
To help mitigate the cling
To the wrong thing
To wake up and sing
I to was a sinner
I just missed the mark
Like an arrow missing the bullseye
Hitting the wrong target part
Some Hebrew or Latin word
Corrupted in our language absurd
To mean the work of the devil
But Sin hath no hell
Other than a wake up bell
If you missed the mark
Then restart
Like Brother Saint Francis
Who learned the fine art
Of unconditional love
One of the first peace doves
Who knew God’s natural order
Below and above
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
His (Franco) Zaffarel movie
Will put you in a swoon
The story of a man
Given a Divine boon
To be a conduit for love
As Mirabai points out
“The prevailing culture urges us
To stand up for our rights”
Even to the extent we excessively fight
As she also reminds, the culture urges us
“to assert our own individuality,
To be somebody”
While Francis of Assisi
Teaches us to become nobody,
So that the Holy one may radiate through us
The bottom line, Now mine
True power comes from love sublime
From “opening to our essential
Interconnectedness with all beings”
That’s what Mirabai and the Saints are seeing
That includes living and forgiving
Another aspect of love
Also expressing compassion
Francis gave a leper a hug
Don’t even squash a bug
End the ego tug
Separation is like a drug
So pull the plug
On anything unlike love
If it’s not real love
Just give it a shrug
Pass the miracle jug
Take a sip
To the All That Is
Bow and dip
And let true love
Map your next mystical trip.
By Alan Hutner AKA Rudy, Copyright © 2014
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