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Things That Bang

The animals were imperfect,
long-tailed,
unfortunate in their heads.
Little by little they
put themselves together,
making themselves a landscape,
acquiring spots, grace, flight.
The cat,
only the cat
appeared complete and proud:
he was born completely finished,
walking alone and knowing what he wanted.
... the cat
only wants to be a cat
and any cat is a cat
from his whiskers to his tail,
from his hopeful vision of a rat
to the real thing,
from the night to his golden eyes. (Pablo Neruda, "Ode To The Cat")

Yesterday a close relative of mine talked about visiting an Aghorie. For those who don't know - Aghories are those who worship in cremation grounds at night. For all my pish poshing and poo- pooing of the phenomena not only does the practice exist but is well accepted by the common folks.

Much to my surprise when I googled Aghories I found myself clicking on our friend Ryan Lobo's site. He has some fantastic mind blowing pictures of the Aghories and their practices and definitely worth checking out.

Posted by Deepti Lamba on April 26, 2008 11:14 AM StumbleUpon Toolbar Stumble It! digg this del.icio.us Fark It | Permalink

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