Tag: RUMI

  • Sunday Prayer

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    In one of his best-known poems: ‘The Guest House,” Rumi uses the metaphor of the human being as a kind of ‘guest house’, which every day must accept new arrivals: joy, meanness, melancholy, and so on. Rumi’s lesson is that we should welcome and entertain all of these unexpected guests, for they all serve a…

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    A Necessary Autumn Inside Each You and I have spoken all these words, but as for the way we have to go, words are no preparation.  There is no getting ready, other than grace.  My faults have stayed hidden.  One might call that a preparation! I have one small drop of knowing in my soul.…

  • Sunday Prayer

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    The clear bead at the center changes everything.  There are no edges to my loving now. You’ve heard it said there’s a window that opens from one mind to another, but if there’s no wall, there’s no need for fitting the window, or the latch. — RUMI —

  • Sunday Prayer

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    SHE IS THE CREATOR There’s a tradition that Muhammad said, “A wise man will listen and be led by a woman, while an ignorant man will not. “Someone too fiercely drawn by animal urges lacks kindness and the gentle affections that keep men human. Anger and sharp desiring are animal qualities. A loving tenderness toward…

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    SOUL AND THE OLD WOMAN What is the soul? Consciousness.  The more awareness, the deeper the soul, and when such essence overflows, you feel a sacredness around.  It’s so simple to tell one who puts on a robe and pretends to be a dervish from the real thing.  We know the taste of pure water.…

  • Robert Bly and Poetry

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