Rumi and Other Mystical Poets List

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Thursday, October 11, 2012

Hafiz - The Whole World Got Thick with God

The whole world just got thick Again with God. And everywhere I look Makes me feel very proud That all the objects and creatures Can remain looking So poised And acting so cool While keeping the Great Secret So well And not blissfully shout All day long the Reality "I Am -- I Am the Wine!" The whole universe just got stoned Out of its mind again On the Beauty Of God. The Subject Tonight Is Love, Poems by Hafiz The Great Sufi Master Translated by Daniel Ladinsky // Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, September 30, 2012

WHATEVER HAPPENS

WHATEVER HAPPENS to the world around show me your purpose show me your source even if the world is Godless and chaos show me your anchor show me your love if there is hunger if there is famine show me your harvest show me your resource if life is bitter everywhere snakes everywhere poison show me your garden show me your meadow if the sun and the moon fall if darkness rules the world show me your light show me your flame if i have no mouth or tongue to utter words of your secrets show me your... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, September 29, 2012

Rumi - ONLY YOU

ONLY YOU i choose among the entire world is it fair of you letting me be unhappy my heart is a pen in your hand it is all up to you to write me happy or sad i see only what you reveal and live as you say all my feelings have the color you desire to paint from the beginning to the end no one but you please make my future better than the past when you hide i change to a Godless person and when you appear i find my faith don't expect to find any more in me than what you give don't search for hidden... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

LAO TZU - Before Creation A Presence Existed

Before creation a presence existed, Self-contained, complete, Formless, voiceless, mateless, Changeless, Which yet pervaded itself With unending motherhood. Though there can be no name for it, I have called it 'the way of life.' Perhaps I should have called it 'the fullness of life,' Since fullness implies widening into space, Implies still further widening, Implies widening until the circle is whole. In this sense The way of life is fulfilled, Heaven is fulfilled, Earth fulfilled And a fit man... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Hafiz - My Need of God

ABSOLUTELY CLEAR Don't surrender your loneliness So quickly. Let it cut more deep. Let it ferment and season you As few human Or even divine ingredients can. Something missing in my heart tonight Has made my eyes so soft, My voice So tender, My need of God Absolutely Clear. The Subject Tonight Is Love 60 Wild and Sweet Poems Of Hafiz Versions by Daniel Ladinsky Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, September 14, 2012

HAFIZ - LIKE A LIFE-GIVING SUN

You could become a great horseman And help to free yourself and this world Though only if you and prayer become sweet Lovers. It is a naive man who thinks we are not Engaged in a fierce battle, For I see and hear brave foot soldiers All around me going mad, Falling on the ground in excruciating pain. You could become a victorious horseman And carry your heart through this world Like a life-giving sun Though only if you and God become sweet Lovers! LIKE A LIFE-GIVING SUN Hafiz, The Gift Poems by... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, August 26, 2012

Mother Teresa - How Much Love?

MOTHER TERESA - BORN 26 August 1910 as Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in Skopje in Macedonia, Ottoman Empire “I am not sure exactly what heaven will be like, but I know that when we die and it comes time for God to judge us, He will not ask, 'How many good things have you done in your life?' Rather He will ask, 'How much love did you put into what you did?” ~ Mother Teresa Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, August 24, 2012

Rumi - Ghzal 837

EVERYWHERE the aroma of God begins to arrive look at these people not knowing their feet from head as they begin to arrive every soul is seeking His soul every soul parched with thirst they've all heard the voice of the quencher of thirst everyone tastes the love everyone tastes the milk anxious to know from where the real mother begins to arrive waiting in fever wondering ceaselessly when will that final union begin to arrive Moslems and Christians and Jews raising their hands to the sky their... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Even the Saints fall down.

Even the Saints fall down. Though they strive to live their lives with-in The Ever Present Heart-Stream of The BeLoved, in the face of the darkness surrounding them, we often find them trying to hold up themselves, and great numbers of others, while struggling with overwhelming suffering in the depths of their Hearts. Thus as we review the stories of their lives, it seems at certain times we find them slipping off the High-Way of Light. At these moments of great pressure, even The BeLoved Saints... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, August 11, 2012

Hafiz - The nfinite Performances of God

Hafiz knows You could not describe him Even if we sat side by side on a caravan For years, Even if we slept close in my desert tent And you became familiar With the holy scent That the sun and my Master Leave Whenever they visit me, For something has happened To Your youthful passions, That great fuel You once had to defend yourself Against becoming tamed. And you eyes now often tell me That your once vital talent to extract joy From the air Has fallen into a sleep. All that you could ever say... Sign in to see full entry.

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