Ramadan came to the heart’s temple
Ramadan came, but Bairam is with us. The lock came, but the key is with us. Mouth is closed. Eyes are opened. That brilliance…
Ecstasy and Order
Ecstasy and Order – Mevelana Rumi – The 30th of September this year marks the 800th birth anniversary of one of the greatest Sufi…
The Breaking Wave of Love
Ah, once more he put a fire in me, And once more this crazy heart is craving the open plains. This ocean of love…
The roar of Rumi – 800 years on
Today is Mevlana’s 800th anniversary. Centuries later, his poetry and messages of love resonate across the globe. I am posting this piece by Charles…
Celebrate! The month of fasting has come – Rumi
Celebrate! The month of fasting has come. Pleasant journey to the one Who is the company of the fasting. I climbed the roof to…
A place unsown…
Another profund Rumination – The Absolute Being works in nonexistence – what but nonexistence is the workshop of the Maker of existence? Does anyone…
The water of life
Though your life has almost passed, this present moment is its root: if it lacks moisture, water it with repentance. Give the Living Water…
But if you are happy…
When you whirl, your eye sees the room whirling, too. If you sail in a ship over the sea, it seems the seashore is…
Don’t set your heart on bones (Rumi)
Little by little God takes away human beauty: little by little the sapling withers. Read full poem here >>…
In every breath
in every breath if you’re the center of your own desires you’ll lose the grace of your beloved but if in every breath you…
Love and reputation
Love and reputation, brother, are not in harmony: don’t stand at the door of reputation, if you are a lover. Rumi Version by Camille…
“Other wakefulness”
The more awake one is to the material world, the more one is asleep to spirit. When our soul is asleep to God, other…
The Intellectual
The Intellectual The intellectual is always showing off; the lover is always getting lost. The intellectual runs away, afraid of drowning; the whole business…
Ever drunk with love
Poetic version by Jonathan Star and Shahram Shiva “A Garden Beyond Paradise – The Mystical Poetry of Rumi” Bantam Books, 1992 Poem here >>…
Choosing sweetness or vinegar
Poem by Rumi translated by Nader Khalili. don’t need a companion who is nasty sad and sour the one who is like a grave…
“The sea is seeking you” (Rumi)
Silence is the sea, and speech is like the river. The sea is seeking you: don’t seek the river. Don’t turn your head away…
Open the Door
Rumi again, translated by Azima Melita Kolin and Maryam Mafi. Read poem here >>…
Only You
“Only You” poem by Rumi, translated by Nader Khalili Only you i choose among the entire world Is it fair of you letting me…
“Give yourself a kiss” – Rumi
What can I write more about these lyrical lines and a thought process immersed in love. Version by Coleman Barks “Like This” Maypop, 1990…