Be free of possessing things
The value of a human being can be measured by what he or she most deeply wants. Be free of possessing things. Sit at an empty table. Be pleased with water, the taste of being at home.
Rumi
Dawn is coming
Be patient where you sit in the dark...Dawn is coming.
Don't go back to sleep
The breezes at dawn have secrets to tell you
Don't go back to sleep
You must ask for what you really want.
Don't go back to sleep!
People are going back and forth
across the doorsill where the two worlds touch.
The door is round and open.
Don't go back to sleep!
Don't go back to sleep
You must ask for what you really want.
Don't go back to sleep!
People are going back and forth
across the doorsill where the two worlds touch.
The door is round and open.
Don't go back to sleep!
Oh God, what a blessing!
The heart can't wait to speak of this ecstasy
The soul is kissing the earth, saying,
Oh God, what a blessing!
Journeys bring power and love back into you
Journeys bring power and love
back into you. If you can't go somewhere,
move in the passageways of the self.
They are like shafts of light,
always changing and you change
when you explore them.
back into you. If you can't go somewhere,
move in the passageways of the self.
They are like shafts of light,
always changing and you change
when you explore them.
Close the door of words
Close the door of words
that the window of your heart may open.
To see what cannot be seen
turn your eyes inward
and listen, in silence.
From each heart is a window to other hearts
From each heart is a window to other hearts
They are not separated like two bodies,
Just as, even though two lamps are not joined,
Their light is united in a single ray.
Let the beuaty we love be what we do
Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.
When I am silent
When I am silent, I fall into that place where everything is music.
Death has nothing to do with going away
Death has nothing to do with going away.
The sun sets
The moon sets
But they are not gone.