Rumi and Other Mystical Poets List

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Saturday, March 12, 2011

Swami Ramdas

Material progress should not be at the cost of Spiritual advancement. The two must go hand in hand. Then we will have integral evolution. Material advancement must be founded on and controlled by Spiritual principles and values. That alone will maintain the right relation and balance between the material and Spiritual aspects of life, and thereby transform the entire life -- into an expression of the Spirit. Spirit and matter are not two different isolated entities, but one integral whole. -... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, March 7, 2011

Hafiz- Habits

Again The work starts As soon as you open your eyes in the Morning. Hopefully you got Some good rest last night. Why go into the city or the fields Without first kissing The Friend Who always stands at your door? It takes only a second. Habits are human nature - Why not create some that will mint Gold? Your arms are violin bows Always moving. I have become very conscious upon Whom we all play. Thus my eyes have filled with warm Soft oceans of divine music Where jeweled dolphins dance Then leap... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Rumi - DON'T BE BITTER MY FRIEND

DON'T BE BITTER MY FRIEND you'll regret it soon hold to your togetherness or surely you'll scatter don't walk away gloomy from this garden you'll end up like an owl dwelling in old ruins face the war and be a warrior like a lion or you'll end up like a pet tucked away in a barn once you conquer your selfish self all your darkness will change to light "RUMI, Fountain of Fire", ghazal number 3299, translated 4 December 1991 by Nader Khalili, Burning Gate Press, Los Angeles, 1994. Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Catherine of Sienna

All has been consecrated. The creatures in the forest know this. the earth does, the seas do, the clouds know as does the heart full of love. Stange a priest would rob us of this knowledge and then empower himself with the ability to make holy what already was St. Catherine of Siena Love Poems From God Twelve Sacred Voices From the East and West Translated by Daniel Ladinsky Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Hafiz - God in Your Pocket

At Some point Your relationship with God Will Become like this: Next time you meet Him in the forest Or on a crowded city street There won't be anymore "Leaving." That is, God will climb into Your pocket. You will simply just take Yourself Along! The GIFT Poems by Hafiz The Great sufi Master Translations by Daniel Ladinsky Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, February 24, 2011

THE SKY GAVE ME ITS HEART - Rabia of Basra

THE SKY GAVE ME ITS HEART The sky gave me its heart because it knew mine was not large enough to care for the earth the way it did. Why is it we think of God so much? Why is there so much talk about love? When an animal is wounded no one has to tell it: "You need to heal"; so naturally it will nurse itself the best it can. My eye kept telling me, "Something is missing from all I see. So it went in search of a cure. The cure for me was His beauty, the remedy-- for me was to love. Rabia of Basra... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, February 21, 2011

Meister Eckhart - O FRAGILE AS WE GROW

O FRAGILE AS WE GROW Someday you will hear all things applaud your wonder. Life claps in awe of the Divine's performance. When your veil is removed, you, dear -- you, everyone -- will see that your being is Holy. Raising their children is the primary care and purpose of some -- this is a blessed state, for an oasis of love is found in the desert. The heart only reflects the Sky when it is giving and compassionate. Who would want to stand before a mirror that was shattered, and thus distorts our... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Rumi - A Field

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing There is a field. I'll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass The world is too full to talk about Ideas, language, Even the phrase 'each other' doesn't make any sense -Rumi From Essential Rumi by Coleman Barks drawing: websource Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Mataji Krishnabai

Human life is a magnificent gift of God. Raise it, elevate it beyond the range of mental conceptions. Lift it beyond the relative, conditioned and fettered entanglements of the ever-changing phenomenal life, so that it might know itself as the ever-free, ever-blissful and ever-existent Reality. Thou art not merely an individual, but thou art that Truth, which is universal. The dazzling light of Truth is thy true being. Thy existence is beyond compare. Thy existence covers, absorbs and includes... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, February 11, 2011

Nasrudin sat on a river bank when someone shouted to him from the opposite side: "Hey! how do I get to the other side?" "You are on the other side!" Nasreddin shouted back. Sign in to see full entry.

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