{"id":5763,"date":"2017-05-12T07:33:51","date_gmt":"2017-05-12T14:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/?p=5763"},"modified":"2017-05-12T07:38:54","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T14:38:54","slug":"ayaz-coming-to-know-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/12\/ayaz-coming-to-know-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Ayaz – Coming to know You"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coming to know You
\nby Ayaz<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Coming to know You
\nIs like being
\nDismantled from the inside
\nOne tenacious fibre
\nAt a time
\nSlowly a space opens
\nThen a chamber
\nThen the sky
\nInto which
\nFlocks of doves
\nAre constantly being released.<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/a> \u2014 from For You: A Collection of Prayer Poems<\/a>, by Ayaz<\/font><\/p>\n


\/ Image by EquinomChaidez<\/a> \/<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

The poetry of Ayaz arrived in my mail box a few years ago. The small paperback book came with a brief note, and no contact information. All I have been able to find out is that Ayaz is the Sufi name of Angus Landman.<\/p>\n

Ayaz\u2019s poems are short prayers and flashes of insight. Despite their simplicity and lack of ornamentation, these poems keep inviting me to re-read them.<\/p>\n

Just two statements in this poem. Being dismantled. Opening up.<\/p>\n

Coming to know You
\nIs like being
\nDismantled from the inside
\nOne tenacious fibre
\nAt a time<\/i><\/p>\n

The more we come to know the divine, the more our old sense of self is taken apart. Each resistant piece is gently, patiently worked free and set aside to be viewed for what it is.<\/p>\n

Slowly a space opens
\nThen a chamber
\nThen the sky
\nInto which
\nFlocks of doves
\nAre constantly being released.<\/i><\/p>\n

The gaps created may feel like wounds at first, but slowly, as more of the artificial self is dismantled, the spaces created reveal more and more. Until an inner sky opens before us. How can such unexpected joy and life be found there? <\/p>\n

Perhaps we should we just call it the smile of the Beloved.<\/p>\n

Have a beautiful day!<\/p>\n


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<\/a>Recommended Books: Ayaz<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n\n

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For You: A Collection of Prayer Poems<\/a><\/small><\/td>\nFor You Too<\/a><\/small><\/td>\n<\/a><\/small><\/td>\n<\/a><\/small><\/td>\n<\/a><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\u201cAyaz\u201d is the Sufi name given to Angus Landman.<\/p>\n

More poetry by Ayaz<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Coming to know You by Ayaz Coming to know You Is like being Dismantled from the inside One tenacious fibre At a time Slowly a space opens Then a chamber Then the sky Into which Flocks of doves Are constantly being released. \u2014 from For You: A Collection of Prayer Poems, by Ayaz \/ Image […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2070,2069,2071,2073,2072,19],"class_list":["post-5763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry","tag-angus-landman","tag-ayaz","tag-dismantled","tag-inner-sky","tag-opening-up","tag-sufi-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5763"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5766,"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5763\/revisions\/5766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}