Rumi and Other Mystical Poets List

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Saturday, September 17, 2011

A dialogue recorded between Albert Einstein and his teacher...

A dialogue recorded between Albert Einstein and his teacher...... Let me explain the problem science has with religion." The atheist professor of philosophy pauses before his class and then asks on e of his new students to stand. "You're a Christian, aren't you, son?" "Yes sir," the student says. "So you believe in God?" "Absolutely." "Is God good?" "Sure! God's good." "Is God all-powerful? Can God do anything?" "Yes." "Are you good or evil?" "The Bible says I'm evil." The professor grins... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, September 16, 2011

Rumi - Burn with your Beloved

IF YOUR BELOVED has the life of a fire step in now and burn along in a night full of suffering and darkness be a candle spreading light till dawn stop this useless argument and disharmony show your sweetness and accord even if you feel torn to pieces sew yourself new clothes your body and soul will surely feel the joy when you simply go along learn this lesson from lute tambourine and trumpet learn the harmony of the musicians if one is playing a wrong note even among twenty others will stray... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Hafiz - A Potted Plant

Hafiz - A Potted Plant - poem I pull a sun from my coin purse each day. And at night I let my pet, the moon Run freely into the sky meadow. If I whistled, She would turn her head and look at me. If I then waved my arms, She would come back wagging a marvelous tail Of Stars. There are always a few like me In this world Who are house-sitting for God. We share His royal duties: I water each day a favorite potted plant Of His-- This earth. Ask the Friend for love. Ask Him again. For I have learned... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Omar Khayyam ♥

Neither you nor I know the mysteries of eternity, Neither you nor I read this enigma; You and I only talk this side of the veil; When the veil falls, neither you nor I will be here... Omar Khayyam ♥ Sign in to see full entry.

Mary Oliver - The Sun

THE SUN Have you ever seen anything in your life more wonderful than the way the sun, every evening, relaxed and easy, floats toward the horizon and into the clouds or the hills, or the rumpled sea, and is gone— and how it slides again out of the blackness, every morning, on the other side of the world, like a red flower streaming upward on its heavenly oils, say, on a morning in early summer, at its perfect imperial distance— and have you ever felt for anything such wild love— do you think... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Hafiz - Sun and Moon

Even after all this time The sun never says to the earth, “You owe Me.” Look what happens with a love like that, It lights the Whole Sky. — Hafiz Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Tagore - Gitanjah

Tagore won the Nobel Prize in literature in 1913. Gitanjali (part Two) When thou commandest me to sing, it seems that my heart would break with pride; And I look to thy face, and tears come to my eyes. All that is harsh and dissonant in my life melts into one sweet harmony, And my adoration spreads wings like a glad bird on its flight across the sea. I know thou takest pleasure in my singing. I know that only as a singer I come before thy presence. I touch by the edge of the far-spreading wing... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Hafiz - The Need

You need to become a pen In the Sun's hand. We need for the earth to sing Through our pores and eyes. The body will again become restless Until your soul paints all its beauty Upon the sky. Don't tell me, dear ones, That what Hafiz says is not true, For when the heart tastes its glorious destiny And you awake to our constant need For your love God's lute will beg For your Hands. The Gift, Poems By Hafiz The Great Sufi Master Translations by Daniel Ladinsky Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, September 4, 2011

Rabia of Basra - Beloved

" I have made Thee the Companion of my heart, But my body is available for those who seek its company, And my body is friendly towards its guests, But the Beloved of my heart is the Guest of my soul." [224] --- Rabia of Basra Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, September 2, 2011

Hafiz - Each Breath

IN EVERY BREATH if you're the center of your own desires you'll lose the grace of your beloved but if in every breath you blow away your self claim the ecstasy of love will soon arrive in every breath if you're the center of your own thoughts the sadness of autumn will fall on you but if in every breath you strip naked just like a winter the joy of spring will grow from within all your impatience comes from the push for gain of patience let go of the effort and peace will arrive all your... Sign in to see full entry.

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