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On Being with Krista Tippett
This poem by Rilke was read by Joanna Macy in the podcast. It's described as a meditation and salve for uncertain times.
Let This Darkness Be a Bell Tower, written by Rainer Maria Rilke, translated by Joanna Macy and Anita Barrows, and read by Joanna Macy.
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Episode: “Let This Darkness Be a Bell Tower” by Rainer Mari...
This poem by Rilke was read by Joanna Macy in the podcast. It's described as a meditation and salve for uncertain times.
Let This Darkness Be a Bell Tower, written by Rainer Maria Rilke, translated by Joanna Macy and Anita Barrows, and read by Joanna Macy.
Let this darkness be a bell tower, and you the bell, and as you ring what batters you becomes your strength. Move back and forth into the change.
What's it like this intensity of pain? If the drink is bitter, turn yourself to wine.
In this uncontainable night, be the mystery at the crossroads of your senses, the meaning discovered there. And if the world shall cease to hear you, say to the silent earth, I flow, and to the rushing water speak, I am.