Kabir Day 33

Today’s quote:

“Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet.

It is a way of entering into the quiet that is already there –

buried under the 50,000 thoughts

the average person thinks every day.”

– Deepak Chopra

 

And now, Kabir Day 33:

 

The couplet, transliterated:

Bin vaasilai chakiri, bin buddhi ki deh |

Bina gyan ka jogna, phirai lagaye kheh ||

 

Translation:

Like working without compensation, or a body without intellect |

The ‘ascetic’ without wisdom, roams with ash on his body ||

 

My understanding:

True wisdom comes from true realization – the understanding of the core of our existence. Talk does not make one wise, nor do external accoutrements.

Without realization, our existence is about as useful as a non-functional light bulb. The shell gains value from the inside- and Kabir asks us to light up and strengthen that core.

 

Deepak Chopra’s statement (quoted above), talks about this from a different perspective – it is only when we can still the myriad thoughts of the facile outside world that we can look inside to find our true self.