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The Naga

In the waters, where the Naga lies My third eye and heart comprise A rainbow bridge, unto the sky In the waters, where the Naga lies Her wet embrace, imparts the wise A fleeting glimpse, of silk brown eyes This dragging deep, a fair surmise In the waters, where the Naga lies The flaming sea, which doth implies Another sight, I might devise To singing lights, which mind denies In the waters, where the Naga lies She held me tight, before the rise Of that gold sun, with fair allies To dance in joy, to love Most High In the waters, where the Naga lies

The Ark of the Covenant

Their prophet also said to them, the sign of his kingship is that the Ark of the Covenant shall come to you. Therein shall be Sakina from your Lord, and the relics which the House of Moses and the House of Aaron left behind. It will be borne by the angels. There is a sign in this for you, if you believe. Quran 2:248 The Covenant is the Sakina within the Ark, the indwelling spirit whose sacred icon/relic signifies our inborn sympathy with the Good, thereby securing our unmediated relation to God as the immanence of divine presence. The Covenant represents both the immediate nearness of God as well as the solemn oath in undertaking our faithful recognition and devotional service to that intimate closeness. Recollection is the honoring of this pact for which the servant receives the promissory grace of tranquility, felicity and solicitude. The Sakina is the sheer being of God, the celestial rainbow who descends as the Holy Fire of divine will to engender, nourish and co...