Night Without Boundaries

Sadhguru, darkness and the moon...

In the words of 
Rainer Maria Rilke:

“I love the dark hours of my being. 

My mind deepens into them.
There I can find, as in old letters,
the days of my life, already lived,
and held like a legend, and understood.”

The discussion on "night" in the video and this picture strike a chord in me. For one thing, darkness is my name, and I mean it literally. And for another, my initials are M.M., a.k.a Midnight Moon during my younger days of yore. Primarily, I was always awake till midnight and after, and I had and still have an affinity with the moon, a reflection of the sun's light.

Once again I am struck by the whole idea of the night as a time when boundaries easily disappear. It is experienced to be most conducive for many things. For me, it is the best time to pray or to meditate... a time when the wall between "me" and the "other" vanishes and we become one. 

It is also the time to experience the silent comfort of the dark womb, so to speak. The best time to reflect and to write. For, it is in this dark womb that the seed of understanding is planted, and from where it grows quietly. And then, when the time is ripe, something beautiful is born.

I love nights..... especially when the moon is in it. Come to think of it, I am the darkness, the moon and also the owl, perched on a still branch, watching everything.