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And this sequence ends with a
poem called "Regarding Wave."

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This is perhaps the most
difficult of these poems.

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The Hindu and Buddhist
conception of creation

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is that of a
continuous creation.

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If someone were to ask them the
old stock missionary question,

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who created the world?

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Where did it all start?

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Hindus and Buddhists would
not be able to answer,

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because they do not
conceive of the world

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as having been created in
time, as an object then

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to sort of wear
out or something.

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They see it as a
continuing thing,

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which is the waves of energy
or the waves of the dance.

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And this can be seen
as sound sometimes,

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or it can be seen as heat,
or it can be seen as light,

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or it can be seen as
consciousness itself.

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According to one
Hindu system, Brahma--

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when he's not in a trance--

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opens his mouth, and the
goddess Voice comes out.

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Voice or Vac.

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She is the consciousness
in all things

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and the existing
energy in all things,

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hence voice is very
important in India.

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And the Indian
theories of poetry

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are all very aware of this.

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And Vac is the muse,
voice, the goddess voice.

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Vac is the muse in India.

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Also, perhaps better
known as the muse

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under another name,
Sarasvati, which means

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literally the flowing one.

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They say the natural
poetry of the planet

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is the sound of flowing
water and the wind blowing

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in the trees.

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"Regarding Wave."

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The voice of the Dharma.

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The voice now.

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A shimmering bell through all.

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Every hill, still.

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Every tree alive.

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Every leaf.

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All the slopes flow.

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Old woods, new seedlings,
tall grasses plumes.

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Dark hollows, peaks of light.

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Wind stirs the cool side.

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Each leaf living.

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All the hills.

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The voice is a
wife to him still.

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Om.

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Ah.

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Hum.

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