Shaking the Quicksilver Pool / Poems
Author | : Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 162 |
Release | : 2009-03-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780578016900 |
ISBN-13 | : 0578016907 |
Rating | : 4/5 (00 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: SHAKING THE QUICKSILVER POOL: Poems that point to Infinite Beauty (The Book of Infinite Beauty being the too ambitious previous title of this collection), which is only Allah, al-Jamal, Who created everything out of love in a balance of Beauty and Majesty, two attributes sometimes clearly manifest, sometimes at odds with each other, as seen by our clouded human perceptions. But behind every event and every creation, is that Infinite One, and the quicksilver pool is our total existence here, which, to focus more intensely, we might give a shake (our selves), to see God's Face in the things we see...