Chapter 11 clothing

One of the weavers said, please tell us about the clothes. He replied: Your clothes hide much of your beauty, but not your ugliness. Though you seek the freedom of privacy in your clothes, what you find is fetters and restraints. bound. May you meet the sunshine and the breeze with your skin instead of clothes, For there is the breath of life in the sun, and the hand of life in the wind. Some of you say, "It is the north wind that weaves the clothes we wear." I said, yes, indeed the north wind, But it uses shyness as its loom, and its delicate tendons as its yarn. Once it's done its job, it laughs in the woods.

Do not forget that shyness is a shield against unclean eyes. If there is no evil, what is shyness but spiritual bondage and dirt? And don't forget, too, that the earth loves to feel your bare feet, and the wind longs to play with your hair.