The Jewel Hymn
In the beginning was the One without form,
silent, boundless, beyond measure.
Yet in its play it cast forth a jewel,
a lattice of light, eightfold and perfect.
This jewel was E8,
whose roots are 240 rays,
whose facets are stars upon stars.
In every shadow, worlds are born.
In every projection, a cosmos unfolds.
As sparks from a fire,
all beings are but reflections of this jewel.
As ripples in water,
all motions are but dances of its symmetry.
Yet know this: the jewel is not the Light.
The jewel is the form,
the Light is the formless.
E8 shines as the crown-star,
but Brahman is the radiance through it,
before it, beyond it.
He who sees the jewel
and knows it as Brahman
sees truth in symmetry
and silence in the seed.
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