Poems
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For thirty years I sought God. But when I looked carefully I found that in reality God was the seeker and I the sought. Bayazid Bastami
The past is an interpretation. The future is on illusion. The world does not more through time as if it were a straight line, proceeding from the past to the future. Instead time moves through and within us, in endless spirals. Eternity does not mean infinite time, but simply timelessness. […]
Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free. Jim Morrison
Instead of resisting to changes, surrender. Let Life be with you, not against you. If you think ‘My life will be upside down’ don’t worry. How do you know down is not better than upside? Shams Tabrizi
Nothing can shatter this Love. For even if you took another into your arms, the truth is, my Sweetheart, you would still be kissing me. Hafiz
Study me as much as you like, you will not know me, for I differ in a hundred ways from what you see me to be. Put yourself behind my eyes and see me as I see myself, for I have chosen to dwell in a place you cannot see. […]
It is never late to ask yourself “Am I ready to change my life, am I ready to change myself?”. However old we are, whatever we went through, it is always possible to reborn. If each day is a copy of the last one, what a pity! Every breath is […]
We have fallen into the place where everything is music. The strumming and the flute notes rise into the atmosphere, and if the whole world’s harp should burn up, there will still be hidden music playing, playing. This singing art is sea foam. The graceful movements come from a pearl […]
Dervishood tells me, you cannot become a dervish. So what can I tell you? You cannot become a dervish. A dervish needs a wounded heart and eyes full of tears. He needs to be as easy going as a sheep. You can’t be a dervish. He must be without hands […]
Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. Rumi Sammezzano Castel, Toscany, Italy
No matter how fast you run, your shadow more than keeps up. Sometimes, it’s in front! Only full, overhead sun diminishes your shadow. But that shadow has been serving you! What hurts you, blesses you. Darkness is your candle. Your boundaries are your quest. I can’t explain this, but it […]
And then You are, O then You are: The Beloved of every creature Revealed with such grandeur -bursting From each cell in my body, I kneel, I laugh, I weep, I sing. I sing. Hafiz
The heart is The thousand-stringed instrument. Our sadness and fear come from being Out of tune with love. All day long God coaxes my lips To speak, So that your tears will not stain His green dress. It is not that the Friend is vain, It is just […]
Love is not condescension, never that, nor books, nor any marking on paper, nor what people say of each other. Love is a tree with branches reaching into eternity and roots set deep in eternity, and no trunk! Rumi
The sun will stand as your best friend And whistle When you have found the courage To marry forgiveness, When you have found the courage To marry Love. Hafiz
Troubled? Then stay with me, for I’m not. Lonely? A thousand naked amorous ones dwell in ancient caves Beneath my eyelids. Riches? Here’s a pick, My whole body is an emerald that begs, “Take me.” Write all that worries you on a piece of parchment; Offer it to God Even […]
Stay in the spiritual fire. Let it cook you. Be well-baked loaf and lord of the table. Come and be served to your brothers. You have been a source of pain. Now you`ll be the delight. You have been an unsafe house. Now you`ll be the One who sees into […]