Thursday 10 January 2019

I want to love with a capital L......

My greatest desire in all the world is to hold and be held,
to Connect with a capital C.

To heal and be healed.
To see and be seen. 
To love and be loved----fully. Completely.

Here I am....shouting it out to the world,
to all who read or don't read my words.
To all who take the time to connect. Or not.

I want to love with a capital L.
I want to crack wide open all that stands
in the way of true Truth and true
Love and True Colors.

I want to to hold your heart in mine
like it is my own. Because, really, it is.

Will you let me hold your heart in mine
just for a minute
just for one beautiful breath
or two?

I so want you to know how deeply
how very deeply
I Love
every single bit
of colorful you..!

Thursday 12 July 2018

Come back my Soul......by Rumi

Come back
My Soul,


How much longer
will you linger 
in the garden of deceit ?



I have sent you
a hundred messages


I have shown you
a hundred ways


Either you
never read them


or you
ignore my advice.


Come back
my soul,


do not waste time
with the cold-hearted


they do not know
your worth.


Why do you seek water
when you are the stream ?


Have you forgotten?
You are the king's falcon,



You are a ray
of the Beloved,



a divine wonder.....!


~ Rumi
From Rumi's Little Book of Life: The Garden of the Soul, the Heart, and the Spirit
Art by Rassouli

When love itself comes to kiss you, don't hold back......by Rumi

When love itself
comes to kiss you,
don't hold back!


When the king
goes hunting, the forest smiles.
Now the king has become the place
and all the players, prey, bystander,
bow, arrow, hand and release.
How 
does that feel?


Last night's dream
enters these open eyes.


When we die
and turn to dust, each particle will
be the whole.

You hear a mote whirl
taking form?


My music.  Love, calm,
patient.


The Friend has waded down
into existence,
gotten stuck, and 
will not be seen
again outside of
this.


We sometimes make spiderwebs
of smoke and saliva, fragile thought -
packets.


Leave thinking to the one
who gave intelligence .


In silence
there is eloquence.


Stop weaving,
and watch how the pattern improves.


~ Rumi
from the soul of Rumi
translations by Coleman Barks


Monday 26 February 2018

What a blessing ! What a blessing !.........by Rumi

Don’t hide.
The site of your face
is a blessing.
Wherever you place your foot 
there rests a blessing.

Even your shadow passing over me like swift bird,
is a blessing.
The great Spring has come.
Your sweet air blowing through the city,
the country, the gardens and the desert,
is a blessing.
He has come with love to our door,
his knock is a blessing.
We go from house to house asking of him,
any answer is a blessing.
Caught in this body
we look for a sight of the soul.
Remember what the Beloved said,
one sight is a blessing.
The leaf of every tree brings
a message from the unseen world.
Look,
every falling leaf is a blessing.
All of nature swings in unison
singing without tongues
listening without ears,
what a Blessing.
O Soul
the four elements are your face
Water, wind, fire and earth
Each one is a blessing.
Once the seed of faith takes root,
it cannot be blown away,
even by the strongest wind
Now that's a blessing.
I bow to you
for the dust of your feet
is the crown on my head
And as i walk towards you
every step i take is a blessing.
His form appeared before me
just now as i was singing this poem
I Swear
What a blessing ! What a blessing !
Every vision born of earth is fleeting
Every vision born of heaven is a blessing
For People
the sight of spring warms their hearts
For Fish
the rhythm of ocean is blessing
The brilliant sun that shines in every heart
for heaven's earth and all creatures
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 !
Fill me with shine of your silence
Let it soak my every pore
For the inner splendor it reveals
Is a blessing
Is a blessing.
~ Rumi
From The Way of Passion: A Celebration of Rumi
By Andrew Harvey

Wednesday 4 October 2017

Sorrow prepares you for joy.......by Rumi

Sorrow
prepares you for joy.



It violently sweeps 
everything out of your house,
so that new joy can find space to enter.


It shakes the yellow leaves
from the bough of your heart,
so that fresh, green leaves can grow in their place.


It pulls up
the rotten roots,
so that new roots hidden beneath have room to grow.


Whatever sorrow
shakes from your heart,
far better things will take their place.


~ Rumi

let it go.....by e.e. cummings


let it go – the
smashed word broken
open vow or
the oath cracked length
wise – let it go it
was sworn to
go
let them go – the
truthful liars and
the false fair friends
and the boths and
neithers – you must let them go they
were born
to go
let all go – the
big small middling
tall bigger really
the biggest and all
things – let all go
dear
so comes love



e.e. cummings  

Wednesday 12 October 2016

Having nothing and wanting nothing............by Rumi


Last night 
my teacher taught me the lesson of Poverty
Having nothing and wanting nothing.


I am a naked man
standing inside a mine of Rubies
clothed in red silk


I absorb the shining
and now i see the ocean


billion of simultaneous motions
moving in me


A circle of lovely quite people
becomes the ring on my finger


Then the wind and thunder of rain on the way
I have such a teacher.


~ Rumi