How beautiful  from my dear tai chi friend and companion Pat  I just had to share it.

 " Do you know Yeats's translation of the Upanishads?  According to the introduction, the same Sanskrit word for essence, being, served for honey, and Yeats, being the poet he was, chose 'honey' to use in his translation.  I've attached the section where he uses it,  which is one of my favourite bits.  The book ends@

This is perfect.  that is perfect.  Perfect comes from perfect.  Take perfect from perfect;  the remainder is perfect.
May peace and peace and peace be everywhere.


The Ten Principal Upanishads
put into English by Shree Purohit Swami  and W B Yeats

Book V

This earth is the honey of all beings;  all beings the honey of this earth.
The bright eternal Self that is in earth, the bright eternal Self that lives in this body,
are one and the same;
that is immortality, that is Spirit, that is all.

Water is the honey of all beings;  all beings the honey of water.
The bright eternal Self that is in water, the bright eternal Self that lives in human seed,
are one and the same;
that is immortality, that is Spirit, that is all.

Fire is the honey of all beings;  all beings the honey of fire.
The bright eternal Self that is in fire, the bright eternal Self that lives in speech,
are one and the same;
that is immortality, that is Spirit, that is all.

Wind is the honey of all beings;  all beings the honey of wind.
The bright eternal Self that is in wind the bright eternal Self that lives breath,
are one and the same;
that is immortality, that is Spirit, that is all.

The sun is the honey of all beings;  all beings the honey of the sun.
The bright eternal Self that is in the sun, the bright eternal Self that lives in the eye,
are one and the same;
that is immortality, that is Spirit, that is all.

The quarters are the honey of all beings;  all beings the honey of the quarters.
The bright eternal Self that is in the quarters, the bright eternal Self that lives in the ear,
are one and the same;
that is immortality, that is Spirit, that is all.

The moon is the honey of all beings;  all beings the honey of the moon.
The bright eternal Self that is in the moon, the bright eternal Self that lives in the mind,
are one and the same;
that is immortality, that is Spirit, that is all.

Lightning is the honey of all beings;  all beings the honey of lightning.
The bright eternal Self that is in lightning, the bright eternal Self that lives in the light of the body.
are one and the same;
that is immortality, that is Spirit, that is all.

Thunder is the honey of all beings;  all beings the honey of thunder.
The bright eternal Self that is in thunder, the bright eternal Self that lives in the voice,
are one and the same;
that is immortality, that is Spirit, that is all.



Air is the honey of all beings;  all beings the honey of air.
The bright eternal Self that is in air, the bright eternal Self that lives in the hollow of the heart,
are one and the same;
that is immortality, that is Spirit, that is all.

Law is the honey of all beings;  all beings the honey of law.
The bright eternal Self that is in law the bright eternal Self that lives as the law in the body.
are one and the same;
that is immortality, that is Spirit, that is all.

Truth is the honey of all beings;  all beings the honey of truth.
The bright eternal Self that is in truth, the bright eternal Self that lives in this body.
are one and the same;
that is immortality, that is Spirit, that is all.

Mankind is the honey of all beings;  all beings the honey of mankind.
The bright eternal Self that is in mankind the bright eternal Self that lives in a man,
are one and the same;
that is immortality, that is Spirit, that is all.

Self is the honey of all beings;  all beings the honey of Self.
The bright eternal Self that is everywhere, the bright eternal Self that lives in a man,
are one and the same;
that is immortality, that is Spirit, that is all.

This is the honey that Dadheechi gave to Ashweenikumars.  A sage said to Ashweenikumars:  'As a reward for cutting off his head and substituting a horse's head Dadheechi gave you this honey, daring man!  I proclaim this news, as thunder proclaims the rain.  Dadheechi kept his word;  though this honey was his secret, he gave it;  gave this secret of creation.

'He made the two-footed;  He made the four-footed.  He, the great god, became the bird, entered into its body.  He is the God who lives in all bodies.  There is nothing that does not fill him;  nothing that He does not fill.

'He wanted every form, for He wanted to show Himself;  as a magician He appears in many forms, He masters hundreds and thousands of powers  He is those powers, those millions of powers, those innumerable powers.  He is Spirit;  without antecedent, without precedent, without inside, without outside;  omnipresent, omniscient.  Self is Spirit.  That is revelation.