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“The desire to know your own soul will end all other desires.”
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“Living lacks joy without you
dying lacks joy without you
How can I clear my mind of care for you?
I cannot manage without you.
Whatever I say, my source,
reveals my strengths and faults
So please, be gracious!
and repeat with me:
I cannot manage without you.”
― Rumi: Swallowing the Sun: Poems Translated from Persian
dying lacks joy without you
How can I clear my mind of care for you?
I cannot manage without you.
Whatever I say, my source,
reveals my strengths and faults
So please, be gracious!
and repeat with me:
I cannot manage without you.”
― Rumi: Swallowing the Sun: Poems Translated from Persian
“Lose yourself,
Lose yourself in this love.
When you lose yourself in this love,
you will find everything.
Lose yourself,
Lose yourself.
Do not fear this loss,
For you will rise from the earth
and embrace the endless heavens.
Lose yourself,
Lose yourself.
Escape from this earthly form,
For this body is a chain
and you are its prisoner.
Smash through the prison wall
and walk outside with the kings and princes.
Lose yourself,
Lose yourself at the foot of the glorious King. When you lose yourself
before the King
you will become the King.
Lose yourself,
Lose yourself.
Escape from the black cloud
that surrounds you.
Then you will see your own light
as radiant as the full moon.
Now enter that silence.
This is the surest way
to lose yourself. . . .
What is your life about, anyway?—
Nothing but a struggle to be someone,
Nothing but a running from your own silence.”
― Rumi: In the Arms of the Beloved
Lose yourself in this love.
When you lose yourself in this love,
you will find everything.
Lose yourself,
Lose yourself.
Do not fear this loss,
For you will rise from the earth
and embrace the endless heavens.
Lose yourself,
Lose yourself.
Escape from this earthly form,
For this body is a chain
and you are its prisoner.
Smash through the prison wall
and walk outside with the kings and princes.
Lose yourself,
Lose yourself at the foot of the glorious King. When you lose yourself
before the King
you will become the King.
Lose yourself,
Lose yourself.
Escape from the black cloud
that surrounds you.
Then you will see your own light
as radiant as the full moon.
Now enter that silence.
This is the surest way
to lose yourself. . . .
What is your life about, anyway?—
Nothing but a struggle to be someone,
Nothing but a running from your own silence.”
― Rumi: In the Arms of the Beloved
“Motes of dust dancing in the light
That's our dance, too.
We don't listen inside to hear the music---
No matter.
The dance of life goes on,
And in the joy of the sun
Is hiding a God.”
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That's our dance, too.
We don't listen inside to hear the music---
No matter.
The dance of life goes on,
And in the joy of the sun
Is hiding a God.”
―
“Have you ever seen any lover who was satiated with this passion? Have you ever seen any fish that had become satiated with this sea?
In separation, the lover is like a name empty of meaning; but a meaning such as belovedness has no need of names.
You are the sea, I am a fish—hold me as you desire; show compassion, exercise kingly power—without you, I remain alone.
Without you, the world is a torment; may it not be without you for a single instant; by your life I implore this, for life without you is a torture and an agony to me.”
― Mystical Poems of Rumi
In separation, the lover is like a name empty of meaning; but a meaning such as belovedness has no need of names.
You are the sea, I am a fish—hold me as you desire; show compassion, exercise kingly power—without you, I remain alone.
Without you, the world is a torment; may it not be without you for a single instant; by your life I implore this, for life without you is a torture and an agony to me.”
― Mystical Poems of Rumi
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