Tag: rumi
Writings: Rumi’s “The Guest House”
The Guest House This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they are a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture, still, treat each guest…
Thoughts: Looking for the searing truth…
Those doing soul work, who want the searing truth more than solace or applause, know each other right away. Those who want something else turn and take a seat in another room. Soul-makers find each other’s company. Rumi
Thoughts: A little note from Rumi…
Your face is a beautiful sunny day; More beautiful than the brightness of the day. Brighter than the day. Wine is good, but the cupbearer Is better than the wine. Every hidden thing opens today. The heart reaches endless wishes. Like a falcon catching a pigeon. Every lover gets his deserved Blessing from the Beloved.…
Thoughts: Rumi, with both sides, now
Try not to resist the changes that come your way. Instead let life live through you. And do not worry that your life is turning upside down. How do you know that the side you are used to is better than the one to come? Rumi
Poetry: So, I give you my life….Rumi
Someday our souls will be one and our union will be forever. I know that everything I give you comes back to me. So I give you my life , hoping that you will come back to me. Rumi
Thoughts: Us & the ocean & us again
We were fish swimming in the ocean, unaware of the water and ourselves. The ocean wanted to be recognized, so it threw us up on dry land. We flip after this, we flop after that, pursuing an ever more elusive happiness. Is the ocean tormenting us? Rumi