Welcome Volleazur

They wash like rain

~ The Dawning of the Truth ~

~~~

I once was happy
when I knew not
Back in the days
when I was a tot

But then I grew
and thought I knew
So thinking thoughts
became my view

Pondering on problems
I so foolishly embraced
Imagining solutions
to the perils that I faced

Then one day an angel said,
“Do you believe in who you are?”
At least I think it was an angel
though it may have been a star

It doesn’t really matter
for both concepts are bizarre
We are them, and they are we
and this is what we are

All that we can really know
from the moment of our birth
Is that moments are what matter
as we live our life on earth

Don’t think about it logically
if you wish to know the truth
Truth is what we’ve always known
since the dawning of our youth

~~~

(Abra 8/5/07)

P.S. Don't mind me, I'm just hanging wallpaper.

I like the added textures

much of Hafizs' poetry sounds better in Persian...i mean with translations, you lose some of the meaning..

that first poem, about kissing God, is very deep and is and seems to have more meaning within himself as a Muslim..

Thank you wd85

even in English I think they are passionate magic

I don't speak or understand Persian so I am grateful that I can still experience Hafiz in some way knowing that they are translations.

I resonate strongly with his message.

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.

~ Alex is and Angel ~~~

~~~

Alex is an angel
with the essence of a child

Her wings embrace the breath of life
with its mystery beguiled

Earthly bound her soul is freed
from suffering and pain

The apathy human greed
remains the only chain

Binding souls of masses
with it’s gruesome selfish goals

The lusting taste of gluttony
turns humans into fools

Raping them of wisdom
blinding them from truth

Their little naked egos
behaving quite uncouth

Rest assured this world will pass
and lessons will be learned

Egos will be dealt with
before the trial’s adjourned

Little girls and angels
will inherit all the earth

And dance to pretty music
with joyfulness and mirth

~~~

(Abra 8/31/07)

I must sit in here today ... among friends and Hafiz ... and all that is...

((( James)))
























i wish

reminds me a bit of Khalil Gibran

a little balance ..... ahhhhhhhh, this feels familiar

aaahhhh......Zoroastrian, maybe?

13th century Sufi poet

I don't attach myself to labels ... but if I had to ... I just might hang my hat on Sufi ...


What is a Sufi?
One who does not separate himself from others by opinion or dogma;
and who realizes the heart as the Shrine of God.

What does the Sufi desire?
To remove the false self and discover God within.

What does the Sufi teach?
Happiness.

What does the Sufi seek?
Illumination.

What does the Sufi see?
Harmony.

What does the Sufi give?
Love to all created things.

What does the Sufi get?
A greater power of love.

What does the Sufi find?
GOD.

And lose?
self

I met a man once that possessed some very admirable insights and many of which came from his life lived in Tehran which premised his journeys.

His views and observations left an impression never to be forgotten by me and remain indistinguishable without him as they are one.

We enjoy the kinship found in being free thinkers and appreciative souls.

This is the essence of your being... of love... and compassion

What is a Sufi?
One who does not separate himself from others by opinion or dogma;
and who realizes the heart as the Shrine of God.

What does the Sufi desire?
To remove the false self and discover God within.

What does the Sufi teach?
Happiness.

What does the Sufi seek?
Illumination.

What does the Sufi see?
Harmony.

What does the Sufi give?
Love to all created things.

What does the Sufi get?
A greater power of love.

What does the Sufi find?
GOD.

And lose?
self

Too bad it has a label, huh?

ssshhhhh....

in a quiet hush, i whisper......


it is a snowflake and a leaf....


fingerprint and iris.....


all quite unique....