Zen and the Art of Silence.. Dream Koan Posted by Sufi Musfaad Wali on September 09, 1999 at 20:28:55:
Can you say what you are thinking?
Don't do it, Let it rest.
More is said by silence than volumes of books,
Sometimes... it depends on who's not talking
Other night I had a vivid dream. There was a small childlike person
dressed in a tattered grey hooded robe like a Sufi Dervish who followed
my every move. It seemed female. She followed me everywhere right at my
heels. We were trying to get across to another shore to continue our
journey. There was no way across. We had to give it up. As we
realized that we could not cross this sea or lake, I looked at my small
companion. She was so quiet. We couldn't see her face and she didn't
want us to see it. Hooded grey robe all in rags clutched tightly and
hooded low. Reminded me of artists rendetions of ghosts or lost
spirits. There took on a macabre feeling in the dream and I wondered
who this small person was, Maybe Death? Or maybe some small spirit
hoping to hitch-hike to some other shore. As soon as the small hooded
raggedy being understood that we couldnt get across here, she
immediately followed some other people, just ran over and fell in at
the end of the line of people and they didn't see her. I felt somehow
sad when she left. It was all so vivid. I have been wondering who was
she? I felt like she and spirits like her were following many of us
all over the place, everywhere we go. She will probably be back, I
felt a real familiar feeling when I saw her. About the size of a small
10 old girl dressed in a tightly clutched, patched and tattered robe
with the hood pulled tightly around her face so you could not see her
at all. little rope around her waist, Pouches and bags over her
shoulder like a long distance traveler. Dusty from the road, Clothes
all grey and dark green. Not uttering a word or a sound. Just
silently following some of us for reasons which they keep to themselves.
Who do you think she was?
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