A GOLDEN COMPASS
Forget every idea of right and wrong
Any classroom ever taught you
Because
An empty heart, a tormented mind,
Unkindness, jealousy and fear
Are always the testimony
You have been completely fooled!
Turn your back 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.
Come, join the 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.
~ Hafiz
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"A Golden Compass" from I Heard God Laughing, Daniel Ladinsky, copyright 2006. www.danielladinsky.com. Printed with permission.
Your guide inside
“Be in touch with your feelings!” – said Giles, loads, over the years.
And look, here's Hafiz, agreeing with me, when he says: “a tormented mind… is the testimony you have been completely fooled!”
And what do we do when we notice that we're off-track like this?