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ibn Arabi – My heart wears all forms
My heart wears all forms
by Muhyiddin ibn Arabi
English version by Ivan M. Granger
My heart wears all forms:
For gazelles it is an open field,
for monks a cloister.
It is a temple for idols,
and for pilgrims the Ka’ba.
It is the Torah’s tablets
and the pages of the Quran.
Love is the faith I follow.
Whichever path Love’s caravan takes,
that is my road and my r
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“Poetry has an immediate effect on the mind. The simple act of reading poetry alters thought patterns and the shuttle of the breath. Poetry induces trance. Its words are chant. Its rhythms drumbeats. Its images become the icons of the inner eye. Poetry is more than a description of the sacred experience; it carries the experience itself.”
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“Poetry has an immediate effect on the mind. The simple act of reading poetry alters thought patterns and the shuttle of the breath. Poetry induces trance. Its words are chant. Its rhythms drumbeats. Its images become the icons of the inner eye. Poetry is more than a description of the sacred experience; it carries the experience itself.”
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“You can feel the North. It takes hold of you, marks you. No matter how far you move from its center of gravity, you are invariably drawn to it by an invisible current, like water droplets to the earth, like a needle to a magnet, like blood to blood, desire to desire.”
― Swift as Desire
― Swift as Desire
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