Guest guest Posted September 5, 2009 Report Share Posted September 5, 2009 > Dear Friends, > Pranams. > I feel like sharing the following with you.The quotations > from the book: " A YEAR WITH RUMI " - Daily > Readings - > > By Coleman Barks. > Love, > Ganesan. > > > > > > AS A WICK DOES > > There is nourishment like bread > > that feedsone part of your life, > nourishment like light for another. > > > There are many rules about restraint > with the former, but only one rule > for the latter. Never be satisfied. > > Eat and drink the soul substance > as a wick does with the oil it soaks in. > Give light to the company. > > > > * * * * * * * > > YOU ARE AS YOU ARE > > You do not resemble anyone. > You are not the bride or the groom. > > You do not fit in a house with anyone. > You have left the closed-in corner > > > where you lived. Domestic animals > get ridden to work. Not you. > > You are as you are, > an indescribable message on the air. > > * * * * * * * > > MORE RANGE > > We are friends with the one who kills us, > > > who gives us to the ocean waves. > > We love this death. Only ignorance says, > Put it off wahile, day after tomorrow. > > Do not avoid the knife. > This friend only seems fierce, > bringing your soul nore range, > > > perching your falcon on a cliff of the wind. > > Jesus on his cross. Hallaj on him. > Those absurd executions hold a secret. > > Cautious cynics claim they know > what they are doing every minute, and why. > > > > Submit to love without thinking, > as the Sun rose this morning > recklessly extinguishing > our star-candle minds. > > * * * * * * * * * > > EMPTY > > When you are with everyone but me, > > you are with no one. > > When you are with no one but me, > you are with everyone. > > Instead of being so bound up with everyone, > be everyone. > > > When you become that many > you are nothing. Empty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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