Kalidas (Lawrence Edwards): In the cloud raindrops swirl

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In the cloud raindrops swirl

Kalidas (Lawrence Edwards), Kalidas (Lawrence Edwards) poetry, Yoga / Hindu, Yoga / Hindu poetry, Shakta (Goddess-oriented) poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, Secular or Eclectic poetry

by Kalidas (Lawrence Edwards)
(1952 - ) Timeline

Original Language
English

Yoga / Hindu : Shakta (Goddess-oriented)

Secular or Eclectic

Contemporary

In the cloud raindrops swirl,
In the mind - thoughts.
Ha! There is no rainmaker!

Themes

Water

Recommended Books

	Kundalini Rising: Exploring the Energy of Awakening, by Dorothy Walters / Lawrence Edwards, others
	The Soul's Journey: Guidance from the Divine Within, by Lawrence Edwards, PhD

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Commentary by Ivan M. Granger

A beautiful haiku-like poem to contemplate. Thoughts swirl in the mind like raindrops in a cloud. But within the cloud there seems to be no maker of the rain, they just appear and dance about, just as in the mind, when you truly investigate, there is no "me" producing the thoughts -- there is no rainmaker; there is no thinker, on the observation of thoughts...

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