Rumi and Other Mystical Poets List

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Sunday, December 11, 2011

St. John - God Is Love

God Is Love Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; And every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; For God is love. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, And his love is perfected in us. Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, Because he hath given us of his Spirit. If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: For he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, How can he love God whom he hath not... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Rumi - YOU MUSTN'T BE AFRAID OF DEATH

YOU MUSTN'T BE AFRAID OF DEATH you're a deathless soul you can't be kept in a dark grave you're filled with God's glow be happy with your beloved you can't find any better the world will shimmer because of the diamond you hold when your heart is immersed in this blissful love you can easily endure any bitter face around in the absence of malice there is nothing but happiness and good times don't dwell in sorrow my friend ghazal number 2594, translated February 16, 1992, by Nader Khalili. Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Kabir -mI Don't Have the Slightest Idea

The moon and I call each other moon. And the sun and I call each other sun, while all this truth also exists: I have been so crazy in love with the earth for the last fifty years, that not for one second have I lifted my head out from beneath her skirt. Who is that wild looking character then, who can shop in the market and tend for his family, that some may call Kabir? I don't have the slightest idea. Kabir Love Poems From God Twelve Sacred Voices From The East and West Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, December 5, 2011

Mary Oliver - My Work Is Loving the World

My work is loving the world. Here the sunflowers, there the hummingbird— equal seekers of sweetness. Here the quickening yeast; there the blue plums. Here the clam deep in the speckled sand. Are my boots old? Is my coat torn? Am I no longer young, and still half-perfect? Let me keep my mind on what matters, which is my work, which is mostly standing still and learning to be astonished. The phoebe, the delphinium. The sheep in the pasture, and the pasture. Which is mostly rejoicing, since all the... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Rabia of Basra - My Poem's Attempt

MY POEMS ATTEMPT All of what I would want my child to know my poems attempt. We are infants before each other, are we not, so vulnerable to each other's words and movements. A school I sat in cured me of hurting others. I have come to see that all are seated at His table, and I have become His servant. Sometimes God is too shy to speak in public and He pinches me. That is my cue-- to fill in the blanks of your understanding the best I can. Rabia of Basra Love Poems From God Twelve Sacred Voices... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, December 1, 2011

I HOPE GOD THINKS LIKE THAT - Rabia of Basra

I HOPE GOD THINKS LIKE THAT There is a dog I sometimes take for a walk and turn loose in a field, when I can't give her that freedom I feel in debt. I hope God thinks like that and is keeping track of all the bliss He owes me. Rabia of Basra (c. 717 - 801) The most popular and influential female Islamic Saint. Born @500 years before Rumi. She influenced his writings. Love Poems From God Twelve Sacred Voices From the East and West Translated by Daniel Ladinsky Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

THE HOPE OF LOVING

THE HOPE OF LOVING What keeps us alive, what allows us to endure? I think it is the hope of loving, or being loved. I heard a fable once about the sun going on a journey to find its source, and how the moon wept without her lover's warm gaze. We weep when light does not reach our hearts. We wither like fields if someone close does not rain their kindness upon us. Meister Eckhart Love Poems From God, Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West Translations by Daniel Ladinsky Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, November 26, 2011

Rumi -

If you put your hands on this oar with me, they will never harm another, and they will come to find they hold everything you want. If you put your hands on this oar with me, they would no longer lift anything to your mouth that might wound your precious land-- that sacred earth that is your body. If you put your soul against this oar with me, the power that made the universe will enter your sinew from a source not outside your limbs, but from a holy realm that lives in us. Exuberant is... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, November 25, 2011

Not Yet Tickled

Not Yet Tickled How did those priests ever get so serious and preach all that gloom? I don't think God tickled them yet. Beloved -- hurry. Mirabai - (c. 1498 - 1550) The most renowned woman poet-saint in India Whose songs are sung by Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, and more. Love Poems From God Twelve Sacred Voices From The East and West Translated by Daniel Ladinsky Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Hafiz - The Silence

When The words stop And you can endure the silence That reveals your heart's Pain Of emptiness Or that great wrenching-sweet longing, That is the time to try and listen To what the Beloved's Eyes Most want To Say. THE GIFT Poems by HAFIZ The Great Sufi Master Translations by Daniel Ladinsky Sign in to see full entry.

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