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Monthly Archives: April 2011
Today’s Poetry Quote
Mysticism
The sun can only be seen by the light
of the sun. The more a man or woman knows,
the greater the bewilderment, the closer
to the sun the more dazzled, until a point
is reached where one no longer is.
A mystic knows without knowledge, without
intuition or information, without contemplation
or description or revelation. Mystics
are not themselves. They do not exist
in selves. They move as they are moved,
talk as words come, see with sight
that enters their eyes. I met a woman
once and asked her where love had led her.
“Fool, there’s no destination to arrive at.
Loved one and lover and love are infinite.”
Farid ud-Din Attar 1145-1146 – c. 1221
Today’s Poetry Quote
“The Lover
‘A lover’, said the hoopoe, now their guide,
‘Is one in whom all thoughts of self have died;
Those who renounce the self deserve that name;
Righteous or sinful, they are all the same!
Your heart is thwarted by the self’s control;
Destroy its hold on you and reach your goal.
Give up this hindrance, give up mortal sight,
For only then can you approach the light.
If you are told: “Renounce our Faith,” obey!
The self and Faith must both be tossed away;
Blasphemers call such action blasphemy –
Tell them that love exceeds mere piety.
Love has no time for blasphemy or faith,
Nor lovers for the self, that feeble wraith.”
‘Is one in whom all thoughts of self have died;
Those who renounce the self deserve that name;
Righteous or sinful, they are all the same!
Your heart is thwarted by the self’s control;
Destroy its hold on you and reach your goal.
Give up this hindrance, give up mortal sight,
For only then can you approach the light.
If you are told: “Renounce our Faith,” obey!
The self and Faith must both be tossed away;
Blasphemers call such action blasphemy –
Tell them that love exceeds mere piety.
Love has no time for blasphemy or faith,
Nor lovers for the self, that feeble wraith.”
Farid ud-Din Attar
The Conference of the Birds
The Conference of the Birds
Yin And Yang
Yin receives;
Yang gives;
It is upon the yang to know when to act
And the yin to know when to react.
It is not up to the yin to begin,
But for the yang to come back in.
Then both yang and yin
Win!
Enjoy The Light
Enjoy the Light
That our Love-Light brings
And we will be shielded through the darkness of night!
Let go the trials of today
And we will enter into a Newer Way
Which of Heart’s Light sings!
Our night brings forth our greatest Light!