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Charliedog
1625 Posts |
 Posted - Dec 25 2015 : 05:56:34 AM
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I was dead
I came alive
I was tears
I became laughter
All because of love
when it arrived
my temporal life
from then on
changed to eternal
Love said to me
you are not
crazy enough
you don't
fit this house
I went and
became crazy
crazy enough
to be in chains
Love said
you are not
intoxicated enough
you don't
fit the group
I went and
got drunk
drunk enough
to overflow
with light-headedness
Love said
you are still
too clever
filled with
imagination and skepticism
I went and
became gullible
and in fright
pulled away
from it all
Love said
you are a candle
attracting everyone
gathering every one
around you
I am no more
a candle spreading light
I gather no more crowds
and like smoke
I am all scattered now
Love said
you are a teacher
you are a head
and for everyone
you are a leader
I am no more
not a teacher
not a leader
just a servant
to your wishes
Love said
you already have
your own wings
I will not give you
more feathers
And then my heart
pulled itself apart
and filled to the brim
with a new light
overflowed with fresh life
Now even the heavens
are thankful that
because of love
I have become
the giver of light.
~ Rumi
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kumar ul islam
United Kingdom
791 Posts |
Posted - Dec 25 2015 : 3:40:19 PM
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BlueRaincoat
United Kingdom
1730 Posts |
Posted - Dec 25 2015 : 4:10:31 PM
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Beautiful, thank you Charliedog
Reminds me of the lines of another poet, T S Eliot: "A condition of complete simplicity/Costing not less than everything" |
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Dogboy
USA
2193 Posts |
Posted - Dec 25 2015 : 8:18:01 PM
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| You are a lovely flame, Charliedog |
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Bodhi Tree
2972 Posts |
Posted - Dec 25 2015 : 9:08:24 PM
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Merry Christmas!  |
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SeySorciere
Seychelles
1532 Posts |
Posted - Dec 25 2015 : 10:57:21 PM
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A particularly beautiful piece of Rumi. Thank you Cdog.
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Charliedog
1625 Posts |
Posted - Dec 26 2015 : 03:45:51 AM
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Ananda
3115 Posts |
Posted - Dec 27 2015 : 11:38:05 AM
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| Rumi Thank You |
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Blanche
USA
859 Posts |
Posted - Dec 31 2015 : 7:02:14 PM
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Another poem from Rumi:
If you see lover and Beloved as two,
you either have double vision
or you can't count.
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Charliedog
1625 Posts |
Posted - Jan 12 2016 : 03:41:24 AM
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I died from minerality and became vegetable;
And from vegetativeness I died and became animal.
I died from animality and became man.
Then why fear disappearance through death?
Next time I shall die
Bringing forth wings and feathers like angels;
After that, soaring higher than angels -
What you cannot imagine,
I shall be that.
~Rumi
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Blanche
USA
859 Posts |
Posted - Mar 07 2016 : 1:07:22 PM
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"I knocked on the door
of the One who embraces love.
He opened it, saw me there, and began to laugh.
He pulled me in -
I melted like sugar cubes
in the arms of the Lover,
the Wizard of the World." |
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sunyata
USA
1505 Posts |
Posted - Apr 28 2016 : 08:52:18 AM
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“This is a gathering of Lovers.
In this gathering there is no high, no low,
no smart, no ignorant, no special assembly,
no grand discourse, no proper schooling required.
There is no master, no disciple.
This gathering is more like a drunken party,
full of tricksters, fools, mad men and mad women.
This is a gathering of Lovers.”
~Rumi |
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Charliedog
1625 Posts |
Posted - Apr 28 2016 : 09:45:55 AM
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Beehive
USA
117 Posts |
Posted - Apr 28 2016 : 2:04:41 PM
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Ananda
3115 Posts |
Posted - Apr 29 2016 : 02:39:28 AM
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sunyata
USA
1505 Posts |
Posted - Jun 11 2016 : 7:32:15 PM
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"I once had a thousand desires. But in my one desire to know you all else melted away." ~Rumi
"Close your eyes, fall in love, stay there."~Rumi
"You are looking for God.
That's the problem.
The God in you is the one looking."~Rumi
"If you are irritated by every rub. how will you be polished.".~Rumi
"Shine like the whole universe is yours". ~Rumi
"Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I'm changing myself."-Rumi
"Raise your words, not voice. It is the rain that grow flowers, not thunder".-Rumi
" When I am silent. I have thunder hidden inside."- Rumi
"I said: what about my eyes?
He said: Keep them on the road.
I said: What about my passion?
He said: Keep it burning.
I said: What about my heart?
He said: Tell me what you hold inside it?
I said: Pain and sorrow.
He said: Stay with it. The wound is the place where the Light enters you."
Rumi
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lalow33
USA
966 Posts |
Posted - Jun 11 2016 : 7:56:23 PM
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| not there yet. |
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Samadhi
USA
64 Posts |
Posted - Jun 11 2016 : 10:08:08 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by sunyata
"I once had a thousand desires. But in my one desire to know you all else melted away." ~Rumi
"Close your eyes, fall in love, stay there."~Rumi
" When I am silent. I have thunder hidden inside."- Rumi
Thank you for sharing Sunyata |
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Bodhi Tree
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Posted - Jun 11 2016 : 10:14:11 PM
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| Wow. Superb selection. Each one of those quotes is potent and gives one plenty to chew on. Muchas gracias, Sunyata. |
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Charliedog
1625 Posts |
Posted - Jun 15 2016 : 12:44:12 AM
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sunyata
USA
1505 Posts |
Posted - Sep 29 2016 : 11:51:06 AM
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Lightning, your presence from ground to sky, no one knows what becomes of me, when you take me so quickly.
Purify your eyes, and see the pure world. Your life will fill with radiant forms.
I am created from the ecstasy of love and when I die, my essence will be released like the scent of crushed rose petals.
There is no light like yours.
No breeze quick enough to carry your fragrance.
Love is beyond body, mind, heart and soul.
A lover simply is love.
Beauty surrounds us,
but usually we need to be walking
in a garden to know it.
Rumi |
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Charliedog
1625 Posts |
Posted - Sep 29 2016 : 12:59:51 PM
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yogani
USA
5195 Posts |
Posted - Sep 29 2016 : 1:06:18 PM
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