Rumi
Let yourself be silently drawnby the stronger pull of what you really love. —Rumi, The Essential Rumi. Trans. Coleman Barks. HarperSanFrancisco (1994).
Category: Sufism
Rumi
Come, come, whoever you are.Wanderer, worshipper, lover of leaving.It doesn’t matter.Ours is not a caravan of despair.Come, even if you have broken your vow a hundred times.Come, yet again, come, come. —Rumi
Rumi
Alone, every person stays quiet.Nobody speaks to a closed door. — Rumi, from “The Talking,” Bridge to the Soul: Journeys Into the Music and Silence of the Heart (HarperOne, 2007)
Aïda Touré
Outward blindnessis the gift of true lovers.From not-seeing, a rose;its fragrance draws uscloser to His Presence.Many ways to the Way!Let us say no more.Now: the revolving. — Aïda Touré, Nocturnal Light: Sufi Poems. (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, April 24, 2012)
Rumi
There are amazing things in the ocean,and there is one who is the ocean. — , from “Earsight,” Bridge to the Soul: Journeys Into the Music and Silence of the Heart (HarperOne, 2007)
Rumi
Choose love! Choose love!Enter the rose garden,let your soul make peace with the thorns. — Rumi, The Forbidden Rumi: The Suppressed Poems of Rumi on Love, Heresy, and Intoxication. (Inner Traditions; Tra edition, February 14, 2006)
Rumi
Make me sweet againFragrant, fresh, wildAnd thankful for any small event — Rumi
Rumi
When the ocean comes to you as a lover, marry, at once, quickly, for God’s sake! Don’t postpone it! Existence has no better gift. No amount of searching will find this. A perfect falcon, for no reason, has landed on your shoulder, and become yours. — Rumi, “No Better Gift,” Rumi the Book of Love… Continue reading Rumi
Rumi
Surge like an ocean, don’t scatter yourself like a storm. Life’s waters flow from darkness. Search the darkness, don’t run from it. Night travelers are full of light, and you are, too; don’t leave this companionship. — Rumi, from “Search the Darkness,” Love Is a Stranger (Shambhala, 2000)
Hazrat Inayat Khan
The sound of water is deep, its form is serpent-like, its color green, and it is best heard in the roaring of the sea. The sound of fire is high pitched, its form is curled, and its color is red. It is heard in the falling of the thunderbolt and in a volcanic eruption. The… Continue reading Hazrat Inayat Khan
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