Pain exists only in resistance

“Pain exists only in resistance.
Joy exists only in acceptance.
Painful situations which you heartily accept become joyful.
Joyful situations which you do not accept become painful.
There is no such thing as a bad experience.
Bad experiences are simply the creations of your resistance
to what is.” — Rumi

A poem by Octavio Paz

 

door of being, dawn and wake me,
allow me to see the face of this day,
allow me to see the face of this night,
all communicates, all is transformed,
arch of blood, bridge of the pulse,
take me to the other side of this night,
where I am you, we are us,
the kingdom where pronouns are intertwined,

 

door of being: open your being
and wake, learn to be ....

 

~ Octavio Paz ~

 

 

( Sunstone/Piedra de Sol, translated by Eliot Winberger)

I am your moon

I am your moon and your moonlight too

I am your flower garden and your water too

I have come all this way, eager for you

Without shoes or shawl

I want you to laugh

To kill all your worries

To love you

To nourish you.

Rumi