Reverence to Lal Ded
Lal Daed a Kashmiri saint, literally means “Lal the Womb” A designation that connects her to the mother goddess .”-Ranjit Hoskote.
Her sayings show her to be a Yogini, a free spirited realized soul, to her all religions were one in their essentials. Like Kabir she found her home in her own self in the soul which resided in this body.
I ride the waves of wind and water
I dive deep beneath the earth
finding the worlds of earth and skies
No different from the world above
or from
the world
within
We are all tied by the same umbilical cord
The binding rope becomes an umbilical cord connecting all souls with the super-consciousness
To the divine
And to light
In the yoni, soul and body come together,
again and again, and again, in life after life
The play of life begins and ends
the cycle continues.
The Hiranyagarbha: the golden egg from which the first seed emerges
Tracing the path of prana through the body.
And the journey continues
Through fire to air
air to water
water to earth
and earth to life
Seema Kohli
2019
Reverence to Lal Ded
57.6” x 40.8” inches
Acrylic colours, gouache and inks and gold leaf on Archie’s paper on stainless steel base