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We are as the flute.
We are as the flute, and the music in us is from thee; we are as the mountain and the echo in us is from thee. We are as pieces of chess engaged in victory and defeat: our victory and defeat is from thee, O thou whose qualities are comely! Who are we, O Thou soul of our souls, that we should remain in being beside thee? We and our existences are really non-existence; thou art the absolute Being which manifests the perishable. We all are lions, but lions on a banner: because of the wind they are rushing onward from moment to moment. Their onward rush is visible, and the wind is unseen: may that which is unseen not fail from us! Our wind whereby we are moved and our being are of thy gift; our whole existence is from thy bringing into being. Rumi |
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Red- no fear of stopping the flow - share whatever is in your heart to
share in this place of peace ![]() Andrea - the air seems fresher in here ... ahhhhhh I love the vibe ![]() Lee - ![]() Poet - ahhhhhh ![]() |
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YOU’RE IT
God Disguised As a myriad things and Playing a game Of tag Has kissed you and said, “You’re it – I mean, you’re Really IT!” Now It does not matter what you believe or feel For something wonderful, Major-league Wonderful Is someday going To Happen. -Hafiz- |
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I RAIN
I rain Because your meadows call For God. I weave light into words so that When your mind holds them Your eyes will relinquish their sadness, Turn bright, a little brighter, giving to us The way a candle does To the dark. I have wrapped my laughter like a birthday gift And left it beside your bed. I have planted the wisdom in my heart Next to every signpost in the sky. A wealthy man Often becomes eccentric, A divine crazed soul Is transformed into infinite generosity Tying gold sacks of gratuity To the dangling feet of moons, planets, ecstatic Midair dervishes, and singing birds. I speak Because every cell in your body Is reaching out For God. -Hafiz- |
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GOD JUST CAME NEAR
No One In need of love Can sit with my verse for An hour And then walk away without carrying Golden tools, And feeling that God Just came Near. -Hafiz- |
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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 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. -Hafiz- ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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I start my every morning here reading this whole thread even though I
have read and read it over and over, it soothes me so that I may start my day and carry through it a positive note.Such a peaceful way to begin each day. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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How wonderful Jenni! That makes me smile. And yes I agree, it a
beautiful resonance within which to start the day. I am so happy to see you here. ![]() |
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THE QUINTESSENCE OF LONELINESS
I am like a heroin addict In my longing for a sublime state, For that ground of Conscious Nothing Where the Rose ever Blooms. O, the Friend Has done me a great favor And has so thoroughly ruined my life, What else would you expect Seeing God would do! Out of the ashes of this broken frame There is a noble rising son pining for death, Because, Since we first met, Beloved I have become a foreigner To every world Except that one In which there is only You Or—Me. Now that the heart has held That which can never be touched My subsistence is a blessed Desolation And from that I cry for more loneliness. I am lonely. I am so lonely, dear Beloved, For the quintessence of Loneliness, For what is more alone than God? Hafiz, What is more pure and alone, Magnificently Sovereign, Than God. -Hafiz- |
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![]() 'I Have Learned So Much'.... aaaahhhhhhhh, thankyou. ![]() |
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Lee
I knew you would like that one - my pleasure to share... Thank you for your sharing here. ![]() |
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As your heart opens....the light falls upon the darkness of the
day...thereby instilling the peace... Such a light in this world...you surely are... Michael Gabriel |
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A MIME
A mime stands upon a gallows For a crime he did not do. When given a last chance to speak, He remains true to his art. A crowd of hundreds has gathered To see his last performance, Knowing he will not talk. The mime takes from the sky The circles of bright spheres, Lays them on a table, Expressing deep love For the companionship and guidance They have given him for so many years. He brings the seas before our eyes, Somehow a golden fin appears, splashes. Look, dear ones, there is turquoise rain. He removes his heart from his body and seems to Arouse all life on this splendid earth With such a sacred tenderness, There for an extraordinary moment It looked like someone was giving birth To the Christ again. He mounts his soul upon the body of Freedom. The great Breeze comes by. The sun and moon join hands, They bow so gracefully Then for a moment, for a moment Everyone knows that God is real, So the tongue fell out Of the mouth of this world For days. -Hafiz- |
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Michael
![]() This thread feels like home ![]() |
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LET’S EAT
Why Just show you God’s menu? Hell, we are all Starving— Let’s Eat! -Hafiz- |
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WHEN THE VIOLIN
When The violin Can forgive the past It starts singing. When the violin can stop worrying About the future You will become Such a drunk laughing nuisance That God Will then lean down And start combing you into His Hair. When the violin can forgive Every wound caused by To others The heart starts Singing. -Hafiz |
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My head is bursting
with the joy of the unknown. My heart is expanding a thousand fold. Every cell, taking wings, flies about the world. All seek separately the many faces of my Beloved. -Rumi- |
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Jenni -
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