Guest guest Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Today, like every other day, we wake up empty and frightened. Don’t open the door to the study and begin reading. Take down a musical instrument. Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground. ~~~ Rumi Page 36, The Essential Rumi, translations by Coleman Barks with John Myne, Harper San Francisco *************************************************** Dying to Love Die! Die! Die in this love! If you die in this love your soul will be renewed Die! Die! Don’t fear the death of that which is known If you die to the temporal you will become timeless Die! Die! Cut off those chains that hold you prisoner to the world of attachment Die! Die! Die to the deathless and you will be eternal Die! Die! and come out of this cloud when you leave the cloud you will be the effulgent moon Die! Die! Die to the din and the noise of mundane concerns In the silence of love you will find the spark of life ~~~ Rumi Page 37-38, The Love Poems of Rumi, edited by Deepak Chopra, Harmony Books. ****************************************************** Precious Love Oh God! I have discovered love! How marvelous! How good! How beautiful it is! My body is warm from the heat of this love How secret! How deep! How obvious it is! I offer my salutations to the stars and the moon to all my brothers and all my sisters I offer my salutations to the spirit of passion that aroused and excited this universe and all it contains I have fallen unable to rise What kind of trap is this? What chains have tied my hands and feet? It is so strange and so wonderful this loving helplessness of mine Be silent do not reveal the secret of my precious love ~~~ Rumi Page 53-54, The Love Poems of Rumi, edited by Deepak Chopra, Harmony Books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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