“TRIPPING OVER JOY
What is the difference
Between your experience of Existence
And that of a saint?
The saint knows
That the spiritual path
Is a sublime chess game with God
And that the Beloved
Has just made such a Fantastic Move
That the saint is now continually
Tripping over Joy
And bursting out in Laughter
And saying, “I Surrender!”
Whereas, my dear,
I am afraid you still think
You have a thousand serious moves.”
― I Heard God Laughing: Poems of Hope and Joy
What is the difference
Between your experience of Existence
And that of a saint?
The saint knows
That the spiritual path
Is a sublime chess game with God
And that the Beloved
Has just made such a Fantastic Move
That the saint is now continually
Tripping over Joy
And bursting out in Laughter
And saying, “I Surrender!”
Whereas, my dear,
I am afraid you still think
You have a thousand serious moves.”
― I Heard God Laughing: Poems of Hope and Joy
“For I have learned that every heart will get
What it prays for
Most.”
― The Subject Tonight Is Love: 60 Wild and Sweet Poems Inspired by Hafiz
What it prays for
Most.”
― The Subject Tonight Is Love: 60 Wild and Sweet Poems Inspired by Hafiz
“A day of silence can be a pilgrimage in itself.”
― I Heard God Laughing: Poems of Hope and Joy
― I Heard God Laughing: Poems of Hope and Joy
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