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In this quatrain, Khayyam speaks of the moon that does not wane.
The state of mystical realization reveals itself as a shining light, as a luminescence permeating the still field of the mind. There is a sense of light from an undefined "above," silence, a fullness of vitality, and deep rest.
Sacred poets throughout the world often use the metaphor of the full moon in the night sky to describe this. The full moon is the soft light that illumines the land below when all is at rest.
Khayyam also has the enigmatic line suggesting that this moon will look for him in vain. This is a reference to the sense that the individual self -- the little self or the ego -- disappears in the light of illumination. The moon rises, it shines, but there is no "you" to be found within that light.
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Ivan
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2002 - 2009 by Ivan M. Granger.
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