Rumi and Other Mystical Poets List

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Saturday, March 9, 2019

Translations on this page from the books, The Essential Rumi by Coleman Barks with John Moyne, and The Glance and The Soul of Rumi by Coleman Barks. The Self We Share Thirst is angry with water. Hunger bitter with bread.The cave wants nothing to do with the sun. This is dumb, the self- defeating way we've been. A gold mine is calling us into its temple. Instead, we bend and keep picking up rocks from the ground. Every thing has a shine like gold, but we should turn to the source! The origin is... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, March 8, 2019

Some Kiss We Want

Some Kiss We Want There is some kiss we want with our whole lives, the touch of spirit on the body. Seawater begs the pearl to break its shell. And the lily, how passionately it needs some wild darling! At night, I open the window and ask the moon to come and press its face against mine. Breathe into me. Close the language- door and open the love window. The moon won't use the door, only the window. From Soul of Rumi by Coleman Barks Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, March 6, 2019

The Freshness When it's cold and raining, you are more beautiful. And the snow brings me even closer to your lips. The inner secret, that which was never born, you are that freshness, and I am with you now. I can't explain the goings, or the comings. You enter suddenly, and I am nowhere again. Inside the majesty. From Soul of Rumi by Coleman Barks Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, March 3, 2019

Rumi

W hen your chest is free of your limiting ego, Then you will see the ageless Beloved. You can not see yourself without a mirror; Look at the Beloved, He is the brightest mirror. From Thief of Sleep by Shahram Shiva Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, March 2, 2019

Rumi Love Story

T he minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don't finally meet somewhere, they're in each other all along. From Essential Rumi by Coleman Barks Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, February 15, 2019

I Have Learned So Much - Hafiz

I Have Learned So Much I Have Learned So much from God That I can no longer Call Myself A Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim, a Buddhist, a Jew. The Truth has shared so much of Itself With me That I can no longer call myself A man, a woman, an angel, Or even a pure Soul. Love has Befriended Hafiz so completely It has turned to ash And freed Me Of every concept and image my mind has ever known. From: ' The Gift' Translated by Daniel Ladinsky Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, February 14, 2019

Hafiz - All the Hemispheres

All the Hemispheres Leave the familiar for a while. Let your senses and bodies stretch out Like a welcomed season Onto the meadows and shores and hills. Open up to the Roof. Make a new water-mark on your excitement And love. Like a blooming night flower, Bestow your vital fragrance of happiness And giving Upon our intimate assembly. Change rooms in your mind for a day. All the hemispheres in existence Lie beside an equator In your heart. Greet Yourself In your thousand other forms As you mount... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, February 12, 2019

To Meher Baba by Samuel Lewis

To Meher Baba July 6, 1952 I am the white eagle of the skies, I am the messenger for Kukulcan; I fly downwards from the heavens, I fly upward from the earth, I bring you blessings, I return with gifts. When I first came There were men on earth who resembled gods, There were gods on earth who resembled men, And the people were starving— A terrific cataclysm had struck the earth, And Atzlan was no more. The people had migrated, the people were in want, The people were homeless, the people wore in... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, February 11, 2019

Community of Spirit

Community of Spirit There is a community of the spirit. Join it, and feel the delight of walking in the noisy street and being the noise. Drink all your passion, and be a disgrace. Close both eyes to see with the other eye. From Essential Rumi by Coleman Barks Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, August 17, 2018

The Breeze at Dawn. - Rumi

The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don't go back to sleep. You must ask for what you really want. Don't go back to sleep. People are going back and forth across the doorsill where the two worlds touch. The door is round and open. Don't go back to sleep. Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi Sign in to see full entry.

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