Posts Tagged "Hafiz"
The Sun Never Says
“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...
Read MoreIBN ‘ARABI AND THE CHRIST
I remember the first time I ever heard my master recite the verse of Ibn’Arabi. It was Christmas day. And my master said this poem, in part,describes the consciousness of Mohammad, Jesus, Buddha and anyone who achieves union with the Rose, with God. I knew something of this poem but my master spoke it differently, adding to it as one might to a song they were playfully singing. Later that...
Read MoreI Want Both of Us
I Want Both of Us To start talking about this great love As if you, I and the Sun were all married And living in a tiny room, Helping each other to cook, Do the wash, Weave and sew Care for our beautiful Animals. We all leave each morning To labor on the earth’s field. No one does not lift a great pack. I want both of us to start singing like two Traveling minstrels About this extraordinary...
Read MoreYour Fidelity to Love
Your fidelity to love, that is all you need. No day will then match your strength. What was once a fear or problem will see you coming, and step aside, or run. Hafiz-A Year with...
Read MoreYou’re It!
God Disguised As a myriad things and Playing a game of tag Has kissed you and said, “You’re it! — I mean you’re REALLY IT!” Now It does not matter What you believe or feel For something wonderful Major-league Wonderful Is someday going To Happen. ——...
Read MoreOnly One Rule
The sky Is a suspended blue ocean. The stars are the fish that swim. The planets are the white whales I sometimes Hitch a ride On, The sun and all light Have forever fused themselves into my heart And upon my Skin. There is only one rule on this Wild Playground, Every sign Hafiz has ever seen Reads the same. They all say, “Have fun, my dear; my dear, have fun, In the Beloved’s...
Read MoreI Got Kin
Plant So that your own heart Will grow. Love So God will think, ”Ahhhhh, I got kin in that body! I should start inviting that soul over For coffee and Rolls.” Sing Because this is a food Our starving world Needs. Laugh Because that is the...
Read MoreOn Vocation…..
“When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy” Let the beauty you love be what you do. There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the earth.” Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” The Universe and the light of the stars come through me.” Jala ad-Din...
Read MoreWe Have Not Come Here to Take Prisoners
We have not come here to take prisoners, But to surrender ever more deeply To freedom and joy. We have not come into this exquisite world To hold ourselves hostage from love. Run my dear, From anything That may not strengthen Your precious budding wings. Run like hell my dear, From anyone likely To put a sharp knife Into the sacred, tender vision Of your beautiful heart. We have a duty to...
Read MoreDeepening The Wonder
Death is a favor to us, But our scales have lost their balance. The impermanence of the body Should give us great clarity, Deepening the wonder in our senses and eyes Of this mysterious existence we share And are surely just traveling through. If I were in the Tavern tonight, Hafiz would call for drinks And as the Master poured, I would be reminded That all I know of life and myself...
Read MoreDaily Reminder
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