Love affair with Rumi

Rayven101 said:

I have a friend who is of the Feri Tradition and he is very much into Sufism, who introduced me to Rumi and I have to say his words describe so much of what I feel and more beautifully than I ever could.

I enjoy the piece of writing you have in your signature

Blessings to you

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sufisaint said:

A night full of talking that hurts,
my worst held back secrets. Everything
has to do with loving and not loving.
This night will pass.
Then we have work to do.

Rumi

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Rayven101 said:

This is beautiful, much healing work to be done when truths are spoken into
the dark of the night. I had not read this piece.

Thank you!

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sufisaint said:

This being human is a guest house.
every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertian them all!
Even if they are a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of all its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.

The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.

Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.

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sufisaint said:

I lived this one...and try to live it..to realize everything I do, should come from a place of love..impossible yes...but so is a pure love until we become one...

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sufisaint said:

Gamble everything for love,
if you are a true human being
if not, leave this gathering
half heartness doesnot reach into majesty.
You set out to find God,
but you keep stopping for long periods
at meanspirited roadhouses.

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sufisaint said:

Gamble everything for love,
if you are a true human being
if not, leave this gathering
half heartness doesnot reach into majesty.
You set out to find God,
but you keep stopping for long periods
at meanspirited roadhouses.

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BambiLenoir said:

Rumi has some of the most beautiful poetry written on this earth
(of course this all in a matter of opinion)
But I'm pleasantly surprised to find other lovers of Rumi here on Lit

One of my favorites :


But the body's desires, in another way, are like
an unpredictable associate, whom you must be
patient with. And that companion is helpful,
because patience expands your capacity
to love and feel peace.
The patience of a rose close to a thorn
keeps it fragrant. It's patience that gives milk
to the male camel still nursing in its third year,
and patience is what the prophets show to us.

The beauty of careful sewing on a shirt
is the patience it contains.

Friendship and loyalty have patience
as the strength of their connection.

Feeling lonely and ignoble indicates
that you haven't been patient.

Be with those who mix with God
as honey blends with milk, and say,

"Anything that comes and goes,
rises and sets, is not
what I love." else you'll be like a caravan fire left
to flare itself out alone beside the road.

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sufisaint said:

Essence is emptiness
Everything else,
accidential.
Emptiness brings peace
to loving.
Everything else, disease.
In this world of trickery
Emptiness
is what your soul wants.

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Rayven101 said:

This is beautiful! I remember being in a place where the foundations were ripped out from under me. I was told that I was given the gift of being empty and to just be.

Thank you for sharing!

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sufisaint said:

Lost to one who seems not care,
I feel pain, though even that is welcome
from the Other who demands everything I am.
If I withhold it now,
as worthless, the asking is precious.

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Rayven101 said:

I have been rereading this one...and it speaks of normal mundane encounters of people who are asleep.....and they don't care about the beauty that is around them. But Spirit demands our attn, demands everything.....which for some is can be frightful to surrender.

Got me thinking!! Thank you

Here is one for today This reminds me of the Shamanic term of "Fire of my Faith" the fire that sits at the very core of my being, the one that I feed and Spirit feeds.

Oh Beloved,
take me.
Liberate my soul.
Fill me with your love and
release me from the two worlds.
If I set my heart on anything but you
let fire burn me from inside.

Oh Beloved,
take away what I want.
Take away what I do.
Take away what I need.
Take away everything
that takes me from you.

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sufisaint said:

Beautiful...we are what we give our attention to...

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