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Going on a pilgrimage is like falling in love with the greenness of faraway grass.
I wore myself out, looking for myself. No one could have worked harder to break the code. I lost myself in myself and found a wine cellar. Nectar, I tell you. There were jars and jars of the good stuff, and no one to drink it.
34 Bitter can be sweet and sweet poison. It’s a question of what your tongue wants. It’s hard work to tell what it wants, but keep going: the city you’re dreaming of, it’s at the end of this road.
42 Don’t flail about like a man wearing a blindfold. Believe me, He’s in here. Come in and see for yourself. You’ll stop hunting for Him all over.
44 You won’t find the Truth by crossing your legs and holding your breath. Daydreams won’t take you through the gateway of release. You can stir as much salt as you like in water, it won’t become the sea.
45 I burnt the dirt from my mind, twisted a knife in my heart, spread my skirt to kneel at His door. Only then did Lalla’s name travel from mouth to mouth.
50 I pestled my heart in love’s mortar, roasted it and ate it up. I kept my cool but you can bet I wasn’t sure whether I’d live or die.
51 My mind boomed with the sound of Om, my body was a burning coal. Six roads brought me to a seventh, that’s how Lalla reached the Field of Light.
55 I came into this world of births and deaths and found the true Self by mind-light. No one will die for me, nor I for anyone. How wonderful to die! How wonderful to live!
72 He laughs when you laugh, sneezes in your sleep, yawns for you, coughs for you. He bathes every day in the river of your thoughts. He’s naked, all year round, and walks where you walk. Just go up and introduce yourself.
AI Summary
I, Lalla by Lal Dĕd presents key insights from the contemplative tradition. The 10 passages above capture the essential teachings.
Core Themes:
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Key Passages: Highlights 1, 3, and 10 are particularly representative.
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