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Yoga / Hindu : Shaivite (Shiva)

14th Century

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English version by
B. N. Paramoo

For a moment I suppressed the bellows of respiration,

Themes

Light

Night

Recommended Books

	The Ascent of Self: A Reinterpretation of the Mystical Poetry of Lalla-Ded, by B. N. Paramoo
	Holy Fire: Nine Visionary Poets and the Quest for Enlightenment, Edited by Daniel Halpern
	Lalleshwari: Spiritual Poems by a Great Siddha Yogini, Translated by Swami Muktananda
	Women in Praise of the Sacred: 43 Centuries of Spiritual Poetry by Women, Edited by Jane Hirshfield

For a moment I suppressed the bellows of respiration,
Lo and behold! The Lamp lit up brightly and I realized my Self!
The light within me sparkled out;
In the encompassing darkness, I seized at It and gripped It tightly.

-- from The Ascent of Self: A Reinterpretation of the Mystical Poetry of Lalla-Ded, by B. N. Paramoo

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