In your light I learn how to love.
In your beauty, how to make poems.

You dance inside my chest,
where no one sees you,

but sometimes I do,
and that sight becomes this art.

~ Rumi

Art "Lesbia" by John Reinhard Weguelin 

You are the cure ...by Rumi

The real journey is right here.
The great excursion starts
from exactly where you are.

You are the world.
You have everything you need.

You are the secret.
You are the wide opened.

Don’t look for the remedy for your troubles
outside yourself.

You are the medicine.
You are the cure for your own sorrow.

~ Rumi

Should Love’s heart rejoice unless I burn?...BY Rumi

Should Love’s heart rejoice unless I burn?

For my heart is Love’s dwelling.
If You will burn Your house, burn it, Love!

Who will say, ‘It’s not allowed’?
Burn this house thoroughly!

The lover’s house improves with fire.
From now on I will make burning my aim,

From now on I will make burning my aim,
for I am like the candle: burning only makes me brighter.

Abandon sleep tonight; traverse fro one night
the region of the sleepless.

Look upon these lovers who have become distraught
and like moths have died in union with the One Beloved.

Look upon this ship of God’s creatures
and see how it is sunk in Love....!

~ Rumi

The jewel-lights intensify...by Rumi

‎"In these pages many mysteries are hinted at.
What if you come to understand one of them?"

"Words let water from an unseen, infinite ocean
Come into this place as energy for the dying and even the dead."

"Bored onlookers, but with such Light in our eyes! 
As we read this book, the jewel-lights intensify."



~ Rumi


Art "Shine on me" by Bob Solo 

Smile though your heart is aching...BY Nat King Cole

Smile though your heart is aching
Smile even though it's breaking

When there are clouds in the sky, you'll get by
If you smile through your fear and sorrow

Smile and maybe tomorrow
You'll see the sun come shining through for you

Light up your face with gladness
Hide every trace of sadness

Although a tear may be ever so near
That's the time you must keep on trying

Smile, what's the use of crying?

You'll find that life is still worthwhile
If you just smile...!


~ Nat King Cole

Merging with you is far sweeter....by Rumi

Since you are the one who takes life
It is the sweetest of all things to die.

Life is sweet
But merging with you is far sweeter.

Come into the garden!

Join the Friend of the Truth!

In his garden you'll drink the Water of Life,
though it seems like fire to die.

In one moment someone dies,

In the next moment someone is born.

There is a lot of coming and going
no one really dies
nor will I ever die.

Forget the body, become pure spirit.
Dance from here to the other world.

Don't stop Don't try to escape,
even if you are afraid to die.

I swear were it not for His pure nature
The wheel of heaven would turn to dust.

Merge with Him now,
And you'll be sweeter than halva
when it comes time to die.

Why hold on to this life? –
True living comes by giving up this life.
Why cling to one piece of gold? –
it is a mine of gold to die.

Escape from this cage
and breathe the scented air of His garden.
Break this hard shell –
It's like a shining pearl to die.

When God calls and pulls you close,
Going is like paradise –
It's like a heavenly river to die.

Death is only a mirror
And your true nature is reflected there.
See what the mirror is saying –
it's quite a sight to die!

If you are kind and faithful
Your death will also be that way.
If you are cruel and faithless,
that is the way you will die.

If you are like Joseph,
full of goodness,
That's how your mirror will be.
If not, you will see
only fear and torment
when it comes time to die.

These words are sweet,
but they always fade.
Shhhh . . . The eternal Khezr
and the Water of Life
have no idea what it means to die.

~ Rumi

-- Version by Jonathan Star
"A Garden Beyond Paradise: The Mystical Poetry of Rumi"
Bantam Books, 1992


ART "Joy Of Freedom" - by Freydoon Rassouli