A Mystic Should Search For Anonymity. Poem by Dr. Antony Theodore
A Mystic Should Search For Anonymity.
Do not allow one 's life to be shattered.
The silence is to be prized so highly.
A monk desires to be unknown.
A monk is supposed to seek anonymity
that he might be known by God alone.
There is an ongoing conflict in the seeker.
The seeker lives here on earth
for the ' pearl of great price'
(in biblical terms) .
Contemplation will be denied
to a man in proportion
as he belongs to the world.
The expression 'the world' signifies
those who love the things of this world.
They cannot receive the Spirit of God
who gifts the seeker, with the love of God.
Two contraries cannot coexist:
the worldliness and Godliness.
(Here the monk, the seeker, and the mystic arethe same)
A monk desires to be unknown. But today so many so called gurus are seeking more attention and following.
a god seeker is seeking god in any way whats over but here one note is praiseworthy is seeker shouldn't mingle world an the god.. the poet says Two contraries cannot coexist: .. what a nice evaluation of the path of god
Two contraries cannot coexist: the worldliness and Godliness.......so true, nice presentation. A beautiful poem shared amazingly.10
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I would like to translate this poem
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Hi, Tony! The title of this poem drew my attention. Responding to it, consider that many, if not most, of the mystics we know of wrote. Jesus is our guide and goal for mystical experience, and a main part of his ministry was preaching and teaching. St. Paul was surely a mystic but also an evangelist. If we have experienced love, don’t we want to share it, to tell others of it? —And not to boast because, as Paul points out, it’s a gift, not something we can earn. -Glen