In my soul

"In 

my soul

there is a temple, a shrine, a mosque, a church

where I kneel. 

Prayer should bring us to an altar where no walls or names exist.

Is there not a region of love where the sovereignty 

illumined nothing,

where ecstasy gets poured into itself

and becomes

lost,

where the wing is fully alive

but has no mind or body?

In 

my soul

there is a temple, a shrine, a mosque,

a church

that dissolve, that

dissolve in

God."

~ Rabia al-Adawiyyah of Basri

HU....

Who Am I?

I am neither Christian, nor Jew, nor Gabr, nor Moslem.

(Rumi)

I Have Learned So Much

I can no longer call myself A christian, a hindu, a muslim, a buddhist, a jew.

I can no longer call myself a man, a woman, an angel, even pure Soul.

(Hafiz)

Nowhere else

God was nowhere else to be found.

(Rumi)

"You owe me"

The Sun Never Says

Awake awhile ... right now..

Awake awhile.

It does not have to be
Forever,
Right now.

One step upon the Sky's soft skirt
Would be enough.

Hafiz,
Awake awhile.
Just one True moment of Love
Will last for days.

Rest all your elaborate plans and tactics
For Knowing Him,
For they are all just frozen spring buds
Far,
So far from Summer's Divine Gold.

Awake, my dear.
Be kind to your sleeping heart.
Take it out into the vast fields of Light
And let it breathe.

Say,
"Love,
Give me back my wings.
Lift me,
Lift me nearer."

Say to the sun and moon,
Say to our dear Friend,

"I will take You up now, Beloved,
On that wonderful Dance You promised."

~ Hafiz ~

(I Heard God Laughing - Renderings of Hafiz -- Daniel Ladinsky)

Hu.....

Who Am I

What is to be done, O Moslems?
for I do not recognize myself.

I am neither Christian, nor Jew, nor Gabr, nor Moslem.

I am not of the East, nor of the West,
nor of the land, nor of the sea;

I am not of Nature's mint,
nor of the circling' heaven.

I am not of earth, nor of water,
nor of air, nor of fire;

I am not of the empyrean, nor of the dust,
nor of existence, nor of entity.

I am not of India, nor of China,
nor of Bulgaria, nor of Saqsin
I am not of the kingdom of 'Iraqian,
nor of the country of Khorasan

I am not of the this world, nor of the next,
nor of Paradise, nor of Hell

I am not of Adam, nor of Eve,
nor of Eden and Rizwan.

My place is the Placeless,
my trace is the Traceless;

'Tis neither body nor soul,
for I belong to the soul of the Beloved.

I have put duality away,
I have seen that the two worlds are one;

One I seek, One I know,
One I see, One I call.

He is the first, He is the last,
He is the outward, He is the inward;

I know none other
except 'Ya Hu' and 'Ya man Hu.'

I am intoxicated with Love's cup,
the two worlds have passed out of my ken;
I have no business save carouse and revelry.

If once in my life I spent a moment without thee,
From that time and from that hour I repent of my life.

If once in this world I win a moment with thee,
I will trample on both worlds,
I will dance in triumph for ever.

O Shamsi Tabriz,
I am so drunken in this world,
That except of drunkenness and revelry

I have no tale to tell.

Rumi

From Divan-i Shams

I Have Learned So Much

I
Have
Learned
So much from God

That I can no longer
Call
Myself
A Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim,
A Buddhist, a Jew.

The Truth has shared so much of Itself
With me

That I can no longer call myself
A man, a woman, an angel,
Or even pure
Soul.

Love has
Befriended Hafiz so completely
It has turned to ash
And freed
Me
Of every concept and image
My mind has ever known.

Hafiz - The Gift

Translation by Daniel Ladinsky

The Secret

Pssssstt!!! PSSSSSSTTTTT...!!!
Hey you ! Yeah YOU !
Wanna hear a secret? (or rather,
wanna read a secret ?)
come nearer please....! nearer....

The secret will be revealed when you drag your mouse, highlighting the white box below...

 Start HERE-> 
(to highlight - left click and hold your mouse button, drag it to the bottom of the box)

A SECRET IS NOT A SECRET .....

WHEN IT CAN BE TOLD... !!!

<- End HERE

GOT IT ?

"I followed my own path of love,
and now I am in bad repute.

How can a secret remain veiled,
if from every tongue it drips?"

(Hafiz Al Shirazi)

( سورة التوبة , At-Taubah, Chapter #9, Verse #128)

"In Silence"

A guide has entered this life in silence.

His message is only heard in silence.

Take a sip of his precious wine

and lose yourself.

Dont insult the greatness of his love,

for he helps all those who suffer, in silence.

Polish the mirror between the breaths.

Go with him beyond words.

He knows your every deed.

He is the one who moves the wheel of heaven,

in silence.

Every thought is buried in your heart;

He will reveal them one by one, in silence.

Turn each of your thoughts into a bird

and let them fly to the other world.

One is an owl, one is a falcon, one is a crow.

Each one is different from the others

but they are all the same in silence.

To see the Moon that cannot be seen

turn your eyes inward and look at yourself,

in silence.

In this world and the next,

dont talk about this and that;

Let him show you everything,

shining as one . . .

in silence.

(Ode 1897-Version by Jonathan Star, "Rumi - In the Arms of the Beloved",
Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, New York 1997)

The Sun Never Says

(image source unknown)

Even

After

All this time

The sun never says to the earth,

"You owe

Me"

Look

What happens

With a love like that,

It lights the

Whole

Sky.

The Gift

HAFIZ

(Translations by Daniel Ladinsky)