@Justin Xu,
Justin Xu wrote:
This poem comes at the foremost of a chapter called "Practice Loving Kindness to Yourself and Others" and the poem goes like this:
"The Guest is inside you, and also inside me:
you know the sprout is hidden inside the seed.
We are all struggling; none of us has gone far.
Let your arrogance go, and look around inside."
- Kabir, The Kabir Book
What does the "Guest" here mean? Does it mean some kind of politeness (as the word's meaning indicates) or have something to do with kindness (as the title of the chapter denotes)? What's your opinion?
It is the sprout inside the seed, the being nascent inside of you; perhaps your inner child who can face life with the same vitality as a child, perhaps the being within who does not always have to be thinking of work or forever carrying his guard up... Just remember that the seed has its design to endure a change of seasons, or transportation through some gut to a new location... The most dangerous time for any seed is when it is sprouting, when it has no firm roots nor full leaves, no means of storing water nor of shedding too much water, when it is tender and tasty... We all want that life whether we know it or not, of growth and anticipation.. We must also recognize that our defenses grew on us for a certain purpose, in response to a certain need, usually for survival...
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