Rumi and Other Mystical Poets List

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Sunday, November 21, 2004

Peace St John of the Cross

PEACE Quiet yourself. Reach out with your mind's skillful hand. Let it go inside of me and touch God. Don't be shy, dear. Every aspect of Light we are meant to know. The calm hand holds more than baskets of goods from the market. The calm soul knows more than anything this world can offer from her beautiful womb. St. John of the Cross Love Poems From God Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West Translated by Daniel Ladinsky Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, November 11, 2004

St. Thomas of Acquinas - ANYONE WHO SUFFERED

ANYONE WHO SUFFERED I would not leave this earth until God promised me that my hands could always touch the face of anyone who suffered. St. Thomas of Acquinas Love Poems from God Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West Translated by Daniel Ladinsky Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, November 8, 2004

Meister Eckhart - WHEN I WAS THE FOREST

WHEN I WAS THE FOREST When I was the stream, when I was the forest, when I was still the field, when I was every hoof, foot, fin and wing, when I was the sky itself, no one ever asked me did I have a purpose, no one ever wondered was there anything I might need, for there was nothing I could not love. It was when I left all we once were that the agony began, the fear and questions came, and I wept, I wept. And tears I had never known before. So I returned to the river, I returned to the... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, November 7, 2004

St John of the Cross IF YOU LOVE

IF YOU LOVE You might quiet the whole world for a second if you pray. And, if you love, if you really love, our guns will wilt. St. John of the Cross Love Poems from God Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West Translated by Daniel Ladinsky Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, October 31, 2004

I WRITE OF THAT JOURNEY-- Mira

I WRITE OF THAT JOURNEY I remember how my mother would hold me. I would look up at her sometimes and see her weep. I understand now what was happening. Love so strong a force it broke the cage, and she disappeared from everything for a blessed moment. All actions have evolved from the taste of flight; the hope of freedom moves our cells and limbs. Unable to live on the earth, Mira ventured out alone in the sky -- I write of that journey of becoming as free as God. Don't forget love; it will... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, October 29, 2004

Kabir

A GREAT PILGRIMAGE I felt in need of a great pilrimage so I sat still for three days and God came to me. Kabir Love Poems From God Twelve Sacred Voices From the East and West Daniel Ladinsky Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, October 27, 2004

Rumi - Please

Please We are at The Nile's end. We are carrying particles From every continent, creature, and age. It has been raining on the plains Of our vision for millions of years and our senses Are so muddy compared to Yours--dear God. But I only hear these words from You Where we are all trying to embrace The Clear Sky-Ocean. "Dear one, come. Please, My dear ones, Come. The GIFT Poems by HAFIZ The Great Sufi Master Translated by Daniel Ladinsky Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, October 24, 2004

St. Teresa of Avila - IF THE SUN TOOK YOU IN HIS ARMS

IF THE SUN TOOK YOU IN HIS ARMS When my mouth touched His I became invisible, the way the earth would if the sun took it into its arms. The ecstastic death I know. What can touch His exquisite form is not anything that can be seen. How do we make love to God; how does the soul make love to God? How does the soul make love to God? The heart has divine instincts; it just needs to be turned loose in the sky. Does not every angel know where He lives, and will beat on HIs door all night if it is... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, October 21, 2004

St. Thomas Aquinas Love Poems from God

On Behalf of Love Every truth without exception -- no matter who makes it -- is from God. If a bird got accused of singing too early in the morning, if a lute began to magically play on its own in the square and the enchanting sounds it made drove a pair of young lovers into a wild, public display of passion, if this lute and bird then got called before the inquisition and their lives were literally at stake, could not God walk up and say before the court, "All acts of beauty are mine, all... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, October 19, 2004

St. Teresa of Avila: I found the Source

As I found the Source When your soul was born, it was like a still ocean that had yet to experience its infinite love. God then came to the shores of our souls and gazed upon the immaculate splendor that His divine heart created. He then took off His clothes and dove into us. Nothing on their own have your arms ever done, the movements of your feet are caused by the waves He stirred. Light baptizes life wherever it falls, and every religion and all upon this earth is a shadow. A shadow may move... Sign in to see full entry.

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