Monday, May 5, 2008
Hafiz - TAKE ONE OF MY TEARS
TAKE ONE OF MY TEARS Throw it into the ocean and watch the salt in the wounds Of this earth and men begin to disappear. Take one of my tears And cradle it in your palm Mount a great white camel And carry my love into every desert, Paying homage to every Prophet who has ever walked in our world. O...
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Sunday, May 4, 2008
One Song - Rumi
One Song What is praised is One, so the praise is One too, many jugs emptied into a huge basin. All religions, all this singing, is one song. The differences are just illusion and vanity. The sun's light looks a little diffferent on this wall than it does on that wall, and a lot different on this...
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Friday, April 4, 2008
Ru mi – You Are As You Are
Ru mi – You Are As You Are Yesterday, you made a promise. Today, you broke it. Yesterday, Bistami's dance. Today, dregs thrown out. In pieces, and at the same time, a perfect glass filled with sunlight. Give up on figuring the appearances, the dressing in green like a Sufi. You don't resemble...
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Rumi
Love is the flame which, when it blazes, consumes everything other than the Beloved. The lover wields the sword of Nothingness in order to dispatch all but God: consider what remains after Nothing. There remains but God: all the rest is gone. Praise to you, O mighty Love, destroyer of all other...
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Sunday, March 16, 2008
Hafiz - This Place Where You Are Right Now
This Place Where You Are Right Now This place where you are right now God circled on a map for you. Wherever your eyes and arms and heart can move Against the earth and sky, The Beloved has bowed there - Our Beloved has bowed there knowing You were coming. I could tell you a priceless secret about...
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Monday, February 4, 2008
Hafiz Ghazal 118
Hafiz حافظ Ghazal 118 Whoever holds a cup in hand Forever will rule over the land. The Water of Life that Elias found Seek in the tavern where cups stand. The essence of soul submit to the cup Rules of the cup are in command. We and the wine, pious and virtue Let’s see which ones He will demand. It...
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Sunday, February 3, 2008
Hafiz Ghazal 449
Hafiz حافظ Ghazal 449 O thou, who considers separation of lovers fair Keep lovers away from your side with your glare I am thirsty in my desert, lead me to clear waters With the hope of God's mercy, this path of yours you forbear. You stole my heart, dissolved my soul, but Better than you have...
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Saturday, December 22, 2007
I am part of the load - Rumi
I am part of the load Not rightly balanced I drop off in the grass, like the old Cave-sleepers, to browse wherever I fall. For hundreds of thousands of years I have been dust-grains floating and flying in the will of the air, often forgetting ever being in that state, but in sleep I migrate back....
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Wednesday, December 19, 2007
The Man of God - Rumi
The man of God is drunken without wine, The man of God is full without meat. The man of God is distraught and bewildered, The man of God has no food or sleep. The man of God is a king "neath dervish-cloak, The man of God is a treasure in a ruin. The man of God is not of air and earth, The man of God...
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Sunday, December 9, 2007
This is a gathering of Lovers.
This is a gathering of Lovers. In this gathering there is no high, no low, no smart, no ignorant, no special assembly, no grand discourse, no proper schooling required. There is no master, no disciple. This gathering is more like a drunken party, full of tricksters, fools, mad men and mad women....
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