Rumi and Other Mystical Poets List

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Thursday, July 12, 2012

Rumi - Take a Good Look at Yourself

I SWEAR MY DEAR SON no one in the entire world is as precious as you are look at that mirror take a good look at yourself who else is there above and beyond you now give yourself a kiss and with sweet whispers fill your ears to the brim watch for all that beauty reflecting from you and sing a love song to your existence you can never overdo praising your own soul you can never over-pamper your heart you are both the father and the son the sugar and the sugar cane who else but you please tell me... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 9, 2012

Love Prescription

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Saturday, July 7, 2012

Rabia of Basra - Priceless Vase

I am always holding a priceless vase in my hands. If you asked me about the deeper truths Of the path and I told you The answers, It would be like handing sacred relics to you. But most have their hands tied Behind their Back; That is, most are not free of events their eyes have seen And their ears have heard And their bodies have felt. Most cannot focus their abilities In the present, and might drop what I said. So I'll wait; I don't mind waiting until Your love for all Makes luminous The now.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, July 1, 2012

Hafiz - A Singing Cleanng Woman

A Singing Cleaning Woman A leaf says, "Sweethearts--don't pick me, For I am busy doing God's work, I am lowering my veins and roots Like ropes With Buckets tied to them Into the earth's deep Lake. I am drawing water That I offer like a rose to The sky. I am a singing cleaning woman Dusting all the shelves in The air ` With my elegant green Rags. I have a heart. I can know happiness like You." >From The Subject Tonight Is Love 60 Wild and Sweet Poems of Hafiz, Translated by Daniel Ladinsky Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, June 30, 2012

Hafiz - Just a Love Contest

It Is all Just a love contest And I never lose. Now you have another good reason To spend more time With Me. The Gift, Poems by Hafiz, The Great Sufi Master, Traslations by Daniel Ladinsky Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, June 28, 2012

Hafiz - The Clay Bowl's Destiny,

The Ship you are riding on, Look where it is Heading: Your body's port is the graveyard. Realizing the destiny of each clay bowl Tossed into the sky With no one to Catch it I finally Accepted the Beloved's kind offer To enroll In His sublime, Ball-busting course Of Spirit Love. The Clay Bowl's Destiny, The Gift Poems By Hafiz, The Great Sufi Master Translations by Daniel Ladinsky Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Dalai Lama - Peace

“If we ourselves remain angry and then sing world peace, it has little meaning. First, our individual self must learn peace. This we can practice. Then we can teach the rest of the world.” - Dalai Lama Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, June 25, 2012

Hafiz - It Cuts The Plow Reins

It Cuts The Plow Reins What does Purity do? It cuts the plow reins. It frees you from working and dining In the mud. It frees you from living behind A big ox That is always breaking wind. What can Purity do, my dear? It can lift your heart On a rising, bucking Sun That makes the soul hunger To reach the roof of Creation. It offers what the whole world wants-- Real Knowledge and Power. It offers what the wise crave-- The priceless treasure of Freedom. Pure Divine Love is no meek priest Or tight... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, June 24, 2012

Lao Tzu - A Well Man

A man who knows how little he knows is well, A man who knows how much he knows is sick. If, when you see the symptoms, you can tell, Your cure is quick. A sound man knows that sickness makes him sick And before he catches it his cure is quick. The Way of Life According To Lao Tzu Translated by Witter Bynner Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Rumi - He Who Brought Me Will Bring Me Home

Everyday I meditate upon this, and every night I groan Why is my own existence to myself the least known? Whence have I come, why this coming here? Where to must I go, when will my home to me be shown? I am in desperate awe, why was I ever created? For this, my creation, whatsoever was the reason? Whatever is of the celestial realm, of that I speak I am ready to go, my clothes are packed to be away thrown. Why, take me to the tavern of that mighty King I am drunk of that aroma, only by that wind... Sign in to see full entry.

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