The mystery of
life
is not a problem to
be solved,
but a reality
to be
experienced.
~ Aart Van Der Leeuw
~
(quoted in The Soul
Unearthed)
Showing posts with label Life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Life. Show all posts
Thursday, May 21, 2015
Tuesday, April 01, 2014
This Cage
You who fly up from this narrow cage
veering off beyond the heavens
you'll see a new life after this;
how long will you bear this life's drear? . . .
This body wore a butler's garb
now sports a more fashionable form.
Death means life and this life is death
though heathen eyes see negative
All souls departed from this body
live on, but hidden now, like angels . . .
When body's bricks crumble, don't wail
Sir, you've only been in a jail
when you emerge from jail or pit,
you stand regal, tall, like Joseph
Ghazal 3172 - "Diwan-e Shamsi Tabrizi"
Translation by Franklin D. Lewis
"Rumi, Past and Present, East and West"
Oneworld Publications, Oxford, 2000
veering off beyond the heavens
you'll see a new life after this;
how long will you bear this life's drear? . . .
This body wore a butler's garb
now sports a more fashionable form.
Death means life and this life is death
though heathen eyes see negative
All souls departed from this body
live on, but hidden now, like angels . . .
When body's bricks crumble, don't wail
Sir, you've only been in a jail
when you emerge from jail or pit,
you stand regal, tall, like Joseph
Ghazal 3172 - "Diwan-e Shamsi Tabrizi"
Translation by Franklin D. Lewis
"Rumi, Past and Present, East and West"
Oneworld Publications, Oxford, 2000
Monday, March 31, 2014
Saturday, September 01, 2012
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Thursday, July 01, 2010
Elderly Woes
We are growing old, all of us, aren't we?
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With all the new technology regarding fertility recently, a 65-year-old woman was able to give birth to a baby. When she was discharged from the hospital and went home, her relatives came to visit.
"May we see the new baby?" one asked.
"Not yet," said the mother. "I'll make coffee and we can visit the baby afterward."
Thirty minutes had passed, and another relative asked, "May we see the new baby now?"
"No, not yet," said the mother.
After another few minutes had elapsed, they asked again, "May we see the baby now?"
"No, not yet," replied the mother.
Growing very impatient, they asked, "Well, when can we see the baby?"
"WHEN HE CRIES!" she told them.
"WHEN HE CRIES?" they demanded. "Why do we have to wait until he cries?"
"BECAUSE I FORGOT WHERE I PUT HIM.
O.K.!!!?????"
Monday, June 21, 2010
Living The Life
The three stages of life.....
Teen age
Have Time + Energy …but No Money
Have Time + Energy …but No Money
Working Age
Have Money + Energy …but No Time
Have Money + Energy …but No Time
Old age
Have Time + Money …but no Energy
Have Time + Money …but no Energy
If you are not expecting anything in life,
Then you are living the life ...
** uncredited images : cannot trace the source
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