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Rumi's "The Guest House" expresses the idea that life is guest house into which uninvited guests stream daily. We never know who will enter the door; but we are to greet each guest with enthusiasm, so that we may live life to the fullest.
Murray McLauchlin's song, "White Water" has a similar theme. The river is much like a guest house, in that each turn offers a new vista and new experiences. Again, what the river has to offer must be accepted with enthusiasm in order to live skilfully and contentedly. In this video I tried to synchronize the two themes with my photography of Killarney and Temagami, Ontario and Nahanni, NWT.
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Wow! This is cool! What a neat idea to link canoing with the Rumi poem. I am always struck by how much we can learn from sports about life...
Some beautiful shots are in this video! I especially liked the sunsets, butterflies, and rainbow (oh, I hope I am not giving too much away now!).
Of course, as a skeptic, I am not sure about the "guide from beyond" part in Rumi's poem. Yet, I do think there is a lot of wisdom in opening our house to uninvited guests - both literal, virtual, and mental.
Dear Barry,
Thank you for the wonderful video. A wise blending of the timeless poetry, good music and real life experience.
All the Blessings, ross
Rachel;
Interesting you should notice the one line in the Rumi poem that also causes me pause. I take it as a general statement of what we can't know - for me it represents the chaos of the universe.
Thanks for your kind words.
Barry
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