Today's poem
Through ten-year reading of English poetry with Rōshi, I can recently understand a bit Christian poems. Of course, for me, there are a ton of unknown, inaccessible matters and metaphors on Christianity. I am neither an atheist nor a pantheist. Perhaps, might be called an agnostic. I can't define myself who believes a religion. Christ, O unnameable spirit! In this viewpoint, Hadewijch's "Oneness" is different from my religious meanings.
You who want ... by Hadewijch, translated by Jane Hirshfield
You who want
knowledge,
seek the Oneness
within.
There you
will find
the clear mirror
already waiting.
https://historyofphilosophy.net/beguine-mystics
Through ten-year reading of English poetry with Rōshi, I can recently understand a bit Christian poems. Of course, for me, there are a ton of unknown, inaccessible matters and metaphors on Christianity. I am neither an atheist nor a pantheist. Perhaps, might be called an agnostic. I can't define myself who believes a religion. Christ, O unnameable spirit! In this viewpoint, Hadewijch's "Oneness" is different from my religious meanings.
You who want ... by Hadewijch, translated by Jane Hirshfield
You who want
knowledge,
seek the Oneness
within.
There you
will find
the clear mirror
already waiting.
https://historyofphilosophy.net/beguine-mystics