The Socratic Dictum*

eThe Socratic Dictumf

 

(Or The Unknowable Parts)

 

When I would look

To know myself,

 

There is the part

 

I see

 

And what is stark

Or obvious,

 

I designate as

 

"Me”

 

It is a "me"

Most like a book

That I can understand

Or like a movie in my head

That runs without command

But I have other parts so deep

That only God can see,

And they are parts

Unknowable,

 

For they are yet to be.

Reviews

[DIVYA]

A deep meditation on the self. We are what we see and what we don't. The realized and the potential. I am not sure we can realize our full potential in a lifetime but we can certainly try to maximize our effort. In the end, it also depends on our own resolve and also on luck and opportunity. I could go on as this is such a thought provoking poem. I appreciate your deep faith in God and I love it. Thank you for sharing such inspiration.

[Paris Hlad]

I've done a first first read of your first book and am about half-done with the second book. I'll finish up soon (maybe tomorrow morning) and give my impressions.

Regards

[DIVYA]

I'm thrilled to know that that. It's an amazing feeling. Thank you so much!

[Paris Hlad]

So, I have read and pondered several dozens of the poems contained in "Raw Impressions" and "The Rumi in Me." I'm glad I did. Here are some thoughts that come to me.
(1) I am always made happy when an artist freely acknowledges that his or her work stands on the shoulders of another, as you do with Rumi. Divya sees that Rumi holds the torch; she has seen the torch before, but she sees that Rumi knows how to hold it. Her admiration (her love) for another (Rumi) becomes her impetus, her guide. She becomes a scholar of him, an advocate but short of a disciple because she is an artist who must be what she is, and create as she creates. My compliments - And my compliments to Rumi.
2) Like you, I am a personalist – And possibly like you, I am a dualist, in that I do not see much of a happy balance between the physical and the spiritual worlds. By personalist, I mean that our birth represents the beginning of time and our death the end of the physical world. It is not quite narcissism because personalists tend to seek meaning in what they observe in others - They need others to confirm their experience of things.
But here is the point that I believe applies to Divya: It's all about intuition - what her "soul" recognizes immediately. To a Western mind, such as my own, that suggests that Divya is one who follows the gleam, one who pursues the logos, the word of God, the truth - even when the truth is disheartening. Why? Well, because Divya believes that beauty is truth and truth, beauty. She is a woman of art, a woman of God. She is for this moment in time my valued virtual friend. Lucky me!
Peace & Best Wishes! I am encouraged by the truth you express.

[DIVYA]

Dear Paris,

Thank you so much for such thoughtful words on the book 'Rumi in Me'....Indeed, for me, this world is more of a spiritual experience than physical and I formulate my views from my experiences with others around me. I'm also intuitive as you said and I'm incapable of concealing anything in me for long. To me, flowing as clear, rushing water is second nature. The bad thing about it is that it makes me impatient but the good thing is that I forgive and forget easily, in my flow.

I'm overjoyed to have a friend such as you, so observant, kind and who is so generous with time and words for others. In this fast paced, virtual world, finding such a friend is a rarity and I'm blessed to know you and share these thoughts with you.

My heartfelt thanks. 🙋‍♀️⚘