Query

I asked the birds
who sing at night
where they learned their songs,
and what they sang about.

They said,


 "We learn from
birds who sing by day,
but what we sing about
is hard for us to say."

"Only those with beak
and wing can fathom joy
in dark and doubt.

The sky may turn to evening
and the sun to moon,

but we sing
of what you do not speak -

how night is sometimes noon,
how any season of the soul
can, 
with time, 
be coaxed to spring."

~ Jean Burden ~

The Beloved You've Lost

i want to leave this town

but you've chained me down

stolen away my heart

leaving yourself behind

now i've lost my way

my soul restless and head twisted

all because of those secrets

you once whispered

i only must keep

fasting my heart

to set me free

from sleepless nights

since your only advice

when you saw me in flame

was to keep burning

with you or with your thoughts

words of wisdom

came to me at last

"the beloved you've lost

the one you've been seeking outside

can only be found inside"

Ghazal 2582, from the Diwan-e Shams

Translation by Nader Khalili

"Rumi, Fountain of Fire", Cal-Earth Press, 1995

Something Incredible

(image credit - www.panhala.net)

Somewhere,
 something incredible is waiting
 to be known.

 ~ Blaise Pascal ~

A Lone Journey

From 

beyond the world

A PATHLESS PATH – Readings Leading to AWAKENING & Inner Freedom

A Lone Journey

Posted on 19 January 2011

If I were to say

the path is pretty simple

you would not have believed me.

If I were to say

the path is indeed difficult

you would not have understood me too.

For who knows what is your level

of understanding

except my sheer ignorance in

thinking that I know you better

than you know yourself.

Who am I to say what is good for you

save you know for yourself

even if you are not yet in the position

of knowing for yourself

there is no absolute certainty

that I can tell you what is appropriate for you.

Hence it is indeed a mission impossible

to come to a right teaching

for an appropriate mind

that can bring one directly to freedom

as a pin in the haystack

searching but not finding

indeed sorrowful the path of deliverance it can be

and yet nothing is loss

as where there is willingness

and deep conviction

the master will come

when the student is ready

thus be open to receiving

what is already in hand

as anything can be a learning tool

so long as you are ready to look at it

from a beginner’s mind

freed from judgments and reservations.