An Elephant in the Dark

I was reading the poet Rumi this morning and came across his version of individuals feeling a piece of the elephant in the dark. As only he can do, he brought me to another level of consciousness about what is possible when we all seek to find the “Whole” together.

The concept of being “Light” for one another has been with me for several weeks. I understand that my role is to be Light for the world as God is that Light in my world.

Here are his amazing words and insights:

“Some Hindus have an elephant to show.
No one here has ever seen an elephant.
They bring it at night to a dark room.

One by one, we go in the dark and come out
saying how we experience the animal.
One of us happens to touch the trunk
A water-pipe kind of creature.

Another, the ear. A very strong always moving
back and forth , fan-animal. Another the leg.
I find it still, like a column on a temple.

Another touches the curved back.
A leathery throne. Another, the cleverest,
feels the tusk. A rounded sword made of porcelain.
He is proud of his description.

Each of us touches one place
and understands the whole in that way.
The palm and the fingers feeling in the dark
are how the senses explore the reality of the elephant.

If each of us held a candle there,
and if we went in together, we could see it.”

RUMI

I believe that there is value in experiencing the elephant in the dark and as an individual. At some point in our journey however, I believe we yearn to enter together, with our lights, to see the whole elephant.

I See No Evil

There was something in my spirit this week that wanted to share this prayer. Spirit continues to call me to see the Oneness in all of life and to see and seek the good in everything. I can honestly say that I only see "good" and do not experience or see evil. I do give thanks for these eyes.

Taken from the book - Prayer by Ernest Holmes

"I see No Evil

I see no evil; I behold only the good.
I have seen the drunkard lying in the gutter, and the saint
kneeling in ecstasy before the high altar of his faith, but I
have found no difference.
I have perceived that each, in his own tongue, is seeking to
express the One Life.
I will not separate and divide; I cannot condemn nor
censure; for I know that there is but One in All.
I know that all came from the One, and all will return to
the One.
I know that all are now in the One, and that each is seeking
to express the One.

I know and love all."