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Every anxious heart? | Every anxious heart? | ||
When tears fall from a sentient one, | When tears fall from a sentient one, | ||
It's as if a cobra lost her precious gem.{{#tag:ref|Indian mythology places a precious jewel, ''nagamani'', in the cobra's hooded head. Symbolically, the jewel signifies divine light. In the [[Discourses on Tantra|tantric]] tradition, the cobra represents the ''kuńd́alinii'' (one's serpentine force or sleeping divinity), and the jewel represents the ''sahasrára cakra'' (one's topmost energy center and the seat of final self-realization, corresponding physically to the pineal gland). In a figurative sense, the cobra without its gem represents one who is | It's as if a cobra lost her precious gem.{{#tag:ref|Indian mythology places a precious jewel, ''nagamani'', in the cobra's hooded head. Symbolically, the jewel signifies divine light. In the [[Discourses on Tantra|tantric]] tradition, the cobra represents the ''kuńd́alinii'' (one's serpentine force or sleeping divinity), and the jewel represents the ''sahasrára cakra'' (one's topmost energy center and the seat of final self-realization, corresponding physically to the pineal gland). In a figurative sense, the cobra without its gem represents one who is inconsolably grief-stricken at losing her/his most beloved.|group="nb"}} | ||
Keep in mind such things crop up; | Keep in mind such things crop up; | ||
So that is not the way to love. | So that is not the way to love. |