You Darkness

“You darkness from which I come,

I love you more than all the fires

that fence out the world,

for the fire makes a circle

for everyone

so that no one sees you anymore.

But darkness holds it all:

the shape and the flame,

the animal and myself,

how it holds them,

all powers, all sight —

and it is possible: its great strength

is breaking into my body.

I have faith in the night.”

— Rainer Maria Rilke, translated by David Whyte

Stiltedag 28 juli 2019, begeleid voor I AM SeeTrue Mindfulness Maastricht.
*Met dank voor het delen aan Adyashanti tijdens de 5 daagse Stilte Retraite in Zeist, augustus 2015.