As a Particle of Dust

As a Particle of Dust

Come let's speak
of our souls
let's even hide from
our ears and eyes

like a rose garden
always keep a smile
like imagination
talk without a sound

like the spirit
reigning the world
telling the secrets
uttering no word

let's get away from
all the clever humans
who put words in our mouth
let's only say what our hearts desire

even our hands and feet
sense every inner move
let's keep silence
but make our hearts move

the mystery of destiny
knows the life of
speck after speck of dust
let's tell our story as a particle of dust

~Maulana Rumi


Translation by Nader Khalili

The truth was a mirror in the hands of God.

The truth was a mirror in the hands of God. It fell, and broke into pieces. Everybody took a piece of it, and they looked at it and thought they had the truth. 

~ Rumi

Success

There are many aspects to success; material wealth is only one component. ...But success also includes good health, energy and enthusiasm for life, fulfilling relationships, creative freedom, emotional and psychological stability, a sense of well-being, and peace of mind.

-- Deepak Chopra

When our inner fire goes out

"In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. 

We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit. "

Albert Schweitzer

One Vision.

ONE VISION

Day and night, no difference.
The sun *is* the moon: An amalgam.
Their gold and silver melt together.

This is the season when
the dead branch and the green branch
are the same branch.

Nightmares fill with light like a holiday.
Humans and angels speak one language.
The elusive ones finally meet.

Good and evil, dead and alive,
everything blooms
from one natural stem.

You know this already, I'll stop.
Any direction you turn
it's one vision.

-- Rumi --

(trans. Coleman Barks)

A morning offering

A Morning Offering
I bless the night that nourished my heart
To set the ghosts of longing free
Into the flow and figure of dream
That went to harvest from the dark
Bread for the hunger no one sees.
All that is eternal in me
Welcome the wonder of this day,
The field of brightness it creates
Offering time for each thing
To arise and illuminate.
I place on the altar of dawn:
The quiet loyalty of breath,
The tent of thought where I shelter,
Wave of desire I am shore to
And all beauty drawn to the eye.
May my mind come alive today
To the invisible geography
That invites me to new frontiers,
To break the dead shell of yesterdays,
To risk being disturbed and changed.
May I have the courage today
To live the life that I would love,
To postpone my dream no longer
But do at last what I came here for
And waste my heart on fear no more.
-- John O'Donohue

Once you are able to look at another and see no difference

The rhythms of love

Without love

there can be no joy or happiness

no beauty

no harmony in the world

even if hundreds of raindrops fall from the cloud

no secret pearls can be found in the sea

without the rhythms of love

~Mevlana Rumi

Your body knows you very intimately,

Your body knows you very intimately, it is aware of your whole spirit and soul life. 

Far sooner than your mind, your body knows how privileged it is to be here.

John O'Donohue

The heart sleeps until it is awakened to life by a blow

The heart sleeps until it is awakened to life by a blow; it is as a rock, and the hidden fire flashes out when struck by another rock.

Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat Khan

It matters only that you love .

"It matters not Who you love, Where you love, Why you love, When you love, Or how you love, It matters only that you love." 

-- John Lennon 

The sun shines not on us but in us.

"The sun shines not on us but in us. The rivers flow not past, but through us, thrilling, tingling, vibrating every fiber and cell of the substance of our bodies, making them glide and sing." 

-- John Muir