There one is immersed in the joy of the seeking: plunged in the deeps of love as the fish in the water.I want to just drop the phrase "plunged," etc., and say I especially like the first part today: "There one is immersed in the joy of the seeking."
The "there" in the sentence is "the path of love." So in the path of love one is immersed in the joy of the seeking.
For anyone goal oriented or task oriented, getting the task completed or the goal reached is the essential thing. Checklists and all that.
But the verse from Kabir speaks really of completing only in a sense -- which is how the "plunged" phrase would come in. Kabir finds but is joyous to seek. There's interaction everywhere in it, and I hate to sound like I'm separating things like in an analysis.
The lesson for me would be this, to quit feeling so disappointed in the seeking. That's where the joy is (too). And if that's what you've got anyway, why not let it be something of absolute joy, not disappointment. Disappointment, to the extent that it is consciously felt, is just looking for something other than what you have.
