Poetry 🪷
There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled. There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled. You feel it, don’t you? You feel the separation from the Beloved ... ~ Rumi
Patricia Albere • Evolutionary Relationships: Unleashing the Power of Mutual Awakening
A Garden Beyond Paradise
by Rumi
Everything you see has its roots
in the unseen world.
The forms may change,
yet the essence remains the same.
Every wondrous sight will vanish,
every sweet word will fade.
But do not be disheartened,
The Source they come from is eternal--
growing, branching out,
giving new life and new joy.
Why do you weep?--
That Source is wit... See more
by Rumi
Everything you see has its roots
in the unseen world.
The forms may change,
yet the essence remains the same.
Every wondrous sight will vanish,
every sweet word will fade.
But do not be disheartened,
The Source they come from is eternal--
growing, branching out,
giving new life and new joy.
Why do you weep?--
That Source is wit... See more
A Garden Beyond Paradise, by Rumi
May the Source be with you.
— August Aalstad
he Source
Source
Alas my Muslim friends
I do not know myself
I am not Christian
I am not Jewish
I am not Zoroastrian
I am not Muslim either
am not of the earth
I am not of the wind
I am not of the water
I am not of the fire
I have seen both worlds
And call them one
My place is the placeless
A trace of traceless
I am not the body
I am not the mind
I am the source of... See more
Source
Alas my Muslim friends
I do not know myself
I am not Christian
I am not Jewish
I am not Zoroastrian
I am not Muslim either
am not of the earth
I am not of the wind
I am not of the water
I am not of the fire
I have seen both worlds
And call them one
My place is the placeless
A trace of traceless
I am not the body
I am not the mind
I am the source of... See more
The Source - Rumi With A View
“You wake the dead to life” by Rumi (Translated by Haleh Liza Gafori)
“You wake the dead to life,
you fountain of grace,
you fire in thickets of tangled thought.
“Today you arrived beaming with laughter—
that swinging key that unlocks prison doors.
“You are hope’s beating heart.
You are a doorway to the sun.
You are the one I seek and the one who seeks me.
... See more
“You wake the dead to life,
you fountain of grace,
you fire in thickets of tangled thought.
“Today you arrived beaming with laughter—
that swinging key that unlocks prison doors.
“You are hope’s beating heart.
You are a doorway to the sun.
You are the one I seek and the one who seeks me.
... See more
Rumi — You wake the dead to life
In Death I rest and am at peace;
In life I toiled and strove.
Is the hardness of the winter stream
Better than the melting of spring?
All pride that the body knew,
Was it not lighter than Dust?
Death has hidden me
In the Eternal Tao,
Where neither leopard nor tiger can harm me,
Lance prick me nor sword wound me . . .
Of the Primal Spirit
... See moreLao Tzu • Tao Te Ching | The Essential Translation
‘I omit the unusual – the hurricane and earthquakes – and describe the common,’ Thoreau wrote in his journal, ‘this is the true theme of poetry.’
Andrea Wulf • The Invention of Nature
Prose is to poetry as walking is to dancing.
PAUL VALÉRY
Mardy Grothe • I Never Metaphor I Didn't Like
The mountain is fine
At evening of the day,
Birds fly Home together.
Within these things
There is a hint of Truth,
But if I try to tell it,
I cannot find the Words.
Lao Tzu • Tao Te Ching | The Essential Translation
“Poetry is the secret code to staying alive, to staying present, to staying visionary.”
— David Whyte