Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The One shines out in the banana flower and in the sunshine.
The One lives in the golden dust at the heart of the lotus.
The One's secret is held inside the twelve petals of the heart-lotus.
The great One, Lakshmi's Beloved, lives there.
The One shines in flowers and in sunlight, and lives at the center of your heart.
The One shines in the plantain flower and in the sun. The One lives even in the pollen of the lotus, the fine dust at the center of the flower. Then Kabir turns inward. du-aadas dal means twelve petals. In old yoga teaching, the heart is pictured as a flower with twelve petals. Inside it waits the mant, the secret.
kamlaa kant, "the beloved of Lakshmi," is a name for the One. Lakshmi is the goddess of good fortune in Hindu tradition. Think of a sunflower in a garden, and then the warm feeling in your chest when you are happy. The One is in both, outside and inside.
Where in the natural world do you feel something quietly beautiful and alive?
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