You are the guy...

The Places You'll Go (excerpt)

Theodore Geisel

You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
 You can steer yourself any direction you choose.

You're on your own.
 And you know what you know. 
And YOU are the guy
 who'll decide where to go.

~ Dr. Seuss ~

(Oh, the Places You'll Go!)

Isn't this like our dreams?

FROM BOX TO BOX

Don't weep.

The joy that has gone

will come round again in another form

Have no doubt about this!

A child's first joy

comes from its mother's milk;

After the child is weaned

his joy comes from drinking sweet wine.

This supreme joy has no resting place

It enters one form then another,

from box to box - an eternal movement

between heaven and earth.

Here it comes, pouring down from the sky,

seeping into the earth,

and rising up again as a bed of roses.

Now it is water, now a plate of rice,

Now the swaying trees, now a horse and rider.

It lies within these forms for awhile

then bursts forth to become something new.

(The Mystic's Dream by PinkyPinkee on deviantART)

Isn't this like our dreams?

The body sleeps

while the soul moves on

to take other forms.

You say,

I dreamt I was a cypress, a bed of tulips,

the blossoms of roses and jasmines.

Then the soul returns, and you wake up

the cypress is gone, the roses are gone.

I tell you truly,

everything you now see

will vanish like a dream.

I do not mean to trouble you, O friend,

with words so bold as these.

Perhaps you will only listen to God.

He speaks more gently than I.

But how will you ever hear Him with

All that blathering going on?

Everyone is speaking about golden bread

yet no one has ever tasted it!

O my soul, where can I find rest

but in the shimmering love of his heart?

Where can I see the pure light of the Sun

but in the eyes of my own Shams-e Tabriz?

Version by Jonathan Star 

"A Garden Beyond Paradise: The Mystical Poetry of Rumi"

Bantam Books, 1992

Always be happy....

Four principles of spirituality

The First Principle states:

 "Whomsoever you encounter is the right one"

(Celia Johnson in Brief Encounter by David Lean)

This means that no one comes into our life by chance. Everyone who is around us, anyone with whom we interact, represents something, whether to teach us something or to help us improve a current situation.

 

 

The Second Principle states:

 "Whatever happened is the only thing that could have happened"

Nothing, absolutely nothing of that which we experienced could have been any other way. Not even in the least important detail. There is no "If only I had done that differently…, then it would have been different…". No. What happened is the only  thing that could have taken place and must have taken place for us to learn our lesson in order to move forward. Every single situation in life which we encounter is absolutely perfect, even when it defies our understanding and our ego.

 

 

The Third Principle states:

"Each moment in which something begins is the right moment"

Everything begins at exactly the right moment, neither earlier nor later. When we are ready for it, for that something new in our life, it is there, ready to begin.

The Fourth Principle states:

 "What is over, is over"

(by mouseek on deviantART)

It is that  simple. When something in our life ends, it helps our evolution. That is why, enriched by the recent experience, it is better to let go and move on.

 

 

Think it is no coincidence that you're here reading this.

If these words strike a chord, it's because you meet the requirements and understand that not one single snowflake falls accidentally in the wrong place!

Be good to yourself.

Be in love with your whole being.

Indian Spirituality

(Source unknown)

2012...

IT IS NEW YEAR !

LET'S HAVE A DREAM...

GO HERE !

(Image credit : EmAmine Photography)

i’ve come again

like a new year

to crash the gate

of this old prison

i’ve come again

to break the teeth and claws

of this man-eating

monster we call life

i’ve come again

to puncture the

glory of the cosmos

who mercilessly

destroys humans

i am the falcon

hunting down the birds

of black omen

before their flights

i gave my word

at the outset to

give my life

with no qualms

i pray to the Lord

to break my back

before i break my word

how do you dare to

let someone like me

intoxicated with love

enter your house

you must know better

if i enter

i’ll break all this and

destroy all that

if the sheriff arrives

i’ll throw the wine

in his face

if your gatekeeper

pulls my hand

i’ll break his arm

if the heavens don’t go round

to my heart’s desire

i’ll crush its wheels and

pull out its roots

you have set up

a colorful table

calling it life and

asked me to your feast

but punish me if

i enjoy myself

what tyranny is this

Translation by Nader Khalili

“Rumi, Fountain of Fire”

Cal-Earth Press, 1994