Once again we have left our heart, intellect, and
spirit behind – the Friend has come into the midst and we
have disappeared.
We have turned back from annihilation and become
woven into subsistence; we have found the Traceless and
thrown away all traces.
Stirring up dust from the ocean and smoke from
the nine spheres, we have discarded Time, the earth, [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Champions in Nonexistence
Posted in Islam, Poetry, Rumi, Sufism on June 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Behind the Face of Anger
Posted in Books, Poetry, Religion, Rumi, Sufism on June 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
When you see the face of anger
look behind it
and you will see the face of pride.
Bring anger and pride
under your feet, turn them into a ladder
and climb higher.
There is no peace until you become
their master.
Let go of anger, it may taste sweet
but it kills.
Don’t become its victim
you need humility to climb to freedom.
– Ghazal (Ode) [...]