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About Kalidas (Lawrence Edwards)

Timeline (1952 - )

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Original Language
English

In the cloud raindrops swirl,

Commentary by
Ivan M. Granger

Themes
  Water
 
 
 
 

 

Recommended Books

The Soul's Journey: Guidance from the Divine Within, by Lawrence Edwards, PhD

In the cloud raindrops swirl,
In the mind - thoughts.
Ha! There is no rainmaker!

 

 

 

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Commentary by Ivan M. Granger

A beautiful haiku-like poem to contemplate. Thoughts swirl in the mind like raindrops in a cloud. But within the cloud there seems to be no maker of the rain, they just appear and dance about, just as in the mind, when you truly investigate, there is no "me" producing the thoughts -- there is no rainmaker; there is no thinker, on the observation of thoughts...


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