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Tag: Divine_Wine

The Light Calling Out (1/3/2021)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted January 3, 2021

I don't know how I became annihilated from that wine. I don't know where I am because of the beauty of placelessness.   Once I was at the bottom of the sea. but then I rose like the sun. (more…)

Tags: Annihilation, Divine_Wine, Nondualistic Perception, Nothingness, Self
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From the Breath of Love (12/13/2020)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted December 13, 2020

I come slowly like water under straw and carry away the mountain as if it were a piece of straw.   I drip from the gutter, drop by drop. But, like a flood, I pick up and carry away hundreds of palaces. (more…)

Tags: Annihilation, Beloved, Divine_Wine, Love's Sugar
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By the Pitcher (11/8/2020)

By MillicentIn quatrain (rubai), Rumi PoetryPosted November 8, 2020

Tonight, the cupbearer is serving wine not by the glass, but by the pitcher. He has plundered every heart and seized all faith. He has served so much wine that a flood has taken away the house of the mind. Rubailer (2016), Rubai 4, page 159.

Tags: Divine_Wine, Drunk, Mind(Reason)
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Look (11/1/2020)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted November 1, 2020

O soul who has been caught in the hook of the body, look at the fisherman. Don't look at the fish hook. (more…)

Tags: Divine_Wine, Love, Magnificent Lie, Suffering, The Journey
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I Gave Up Yesterday (9/20/2020)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted September 20, 2020

O cupbearer, you are the one who satisfies my need. Serve me wine. Make me happy.   I have become so drunk that I can't separate signs from words. (more…)

Tags: Divine_Wine, Drunk, Dualistic Perception, Nondualistic Perception
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Today is a Day of Joy (8/23/2020)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted August 23, 2020

Come. Today is a day of celebration for us. From now on, joy and pleasure will keep growing. (more…)

Tags: Absence, Divine_Wine, Drunk, God, Soul's Sugar
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A One-Year Old Love (8/2/2020)

By MillicentIn quatrain (rubai), Rumi PoetryPosted August 2, 2020

An eye which gazes upon that rose, that tulip fills the whirling sky with wails and cries. The intoxication you get from a one-year-old Love you could never get from a thousand-years-old wine. Rubailer (2016), Rubai #1, page 186.

Tags: Absence, Divine_Wine, Ecstasy, Existence
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Being in God’s Vicinity (5/24/2020)

By MillicentIn quatrain (rubai), Rumi PoetryPosted May 24, 2020

This solitude is better than the company of thousands. This freedom is sweeter than owning the whole world. Being in God's vicinity for even a short time is worth more than the soul, more than the universe, more than all of this, more than all of that. Rubailer (2016), Rubai...

Tags: Absence, Divine_Wine, God
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This is the Day of Joy (4/11/2020)

By MillicentIn quatrain (rubai), Rumi PoetryPosted April 12, 2020

This is the day of joy. Why should we be sad? Today, we should drink wine from the cup of loyalty. How long will we expect our sustenance to be from a bread-maker, a water-carrier? This is the time to be eating and drinking from the hand of God. Rubailer...

Tags: Celebration, Divine_Wine
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The Only Way to Reach Eternity (9/22/19)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted September 22, 2019

Every moment, Your kindness follows after sorrow. If this were not so, no one could stand this suffering.   Make me constantly drunk with the wine which gives no hangover. I don't want any other wine. (more…)

Tags: Annihilation, Beloved, Divine_Wine, Grace, Love's Fire, Nondualistic Perception, Nothingness, Sorrow, Suffering, The Journey
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“Why Don’t You Come, Too?” (9/8/19)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted September 8, 2019

"O heart," I said, "why are you like this? How long will you be hanging around Love?   My heart answered, "Why don't you come, too? Wouldn't it be nice if you came and tasted the pleasure of Love? (more…)

Tags: Absence, Appearance, Divine_Wine, Heart, Love, Love's Fire, Mirror
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I am at Peace with Him (11/18/18)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted November 18, 2018

Every mind becomes confused when it sees Your face. Every face is scratched by Your Absence.   I have become drunk because of Your reproach. I don't even know if Your pure wine is better than a sedimented one. (more…)

Tags: Absence, Beloved, Divine_Wine, God, Mind(Reason), Praise, Separation, Soul, Suffering
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Hundreds of Jars of Wine (9/23/18)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted September 23, 2018

Your Love has made me drunk. I am so drunk and out of myself that I keep clapping my hands. How could I possibly know what I am doing? (more…)

Tags: Annihilation, Beloved, Divine_Wine, Drunk, Exuberance, Heart, Suffering
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So That’s That (6/17/18)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted June 17, 2018

Tonight, take my soul completely from this poor body. Take it out, so I will have no name, no fame in this world. (more…)

Tags: Absence, Annihilation, Divine_Wine, Soul
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The Shrill Pipe of Love (6/3/18)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted June 3, 2018

You are coming our way. You are a decent person. We are also nice. In appearance we look like fire, but we are the Fountain of Life for you.   You are a small pigeon. You were born in this nest. If you don't come this way on your own, we...

Tags: Annihilation, Comfort, Divine_Wine, Love, Self, Soul, Suffering, The Journey
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Nothing But Longing (5/13/18)

By MillicentIn quatrain (rubai), Rumi PoetryPosted May 13, 2018

My life has become nothing but longing. O Beloved, what a beauty, what a charm is that? I don’t clap my hands if You are not the player. I don’t drink wine if You are not the cupbearer. Rubailer, Page 471, Rubai #2

Tags: Beloved, Divine_Wine, Longing
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Our Peace is No Good (5/6/18)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted May 6, 2018

There is a Beauty whose face resembles the Sun. The nicest curtain is the shadow cast by Him.   He rises like the Sun. Particles become restless. For goodness sake, don't keep that Spring-like face behind the curtain. (more…)

Tags: Beloved, Divine_Wine, Drunk, Suffering, The Journey
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Your True Thirst (4/8/18)

By MillicentIn quatrain (rubai), Rumi PoetryPosted April 8, 2018

You eat kebab and drink wine. But, know this well: You are eating and drinking in a dream created by you. Once you wake up, you will still be hungry and thirsty. The water you drink in your dream will never satisfy your true thirst. Rubailer, Page 457, Rubai #1

Tags: Divine_Wine, Humanity, Self, Soul
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As Long As Water Flows (2/25/18)

By MillicentIn quatrain (rubai), Rumi PoetryPosted February 25, 2018

You are satisfied, but I haven’t had enough of this drink. I am annihilated, but you are still alive. The millstone turns and cries quietly As long as water flows through the canal. Rubailer, Page 432, Rubai #1  

Tags: Annihilation, Divine_Wine, Humanity
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Such a Sun (2/4/18)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted February 4, 2018

O Charmer who constantly brings forth the Water of Life, where is the source of the water You bring? Really, this time You have brought the One who adds Soul to soul. (more…)

Tags: Divine_Wine, Drunk, Ecstasy
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There is … No Remedy…Except You (11/26/17)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted November 26, 2017

O my Life who adds Soul to my soul, lift the curtain. O One who takes care of my grief, who is willing to stay with me all night long!   O One who hears my cries, timely and untimely! O One who puts fire into every atom of my...

Tags: Absence, Annihilation, Divine_Wine, Love, Love's Sugar, Self, Suffering
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Only a Madman… (11/19/17)

By MillicentIn quatrain (rubai), Rumi PoetryPosted November 19, 2017

I said, “O Beloved, You are wine. I am the glass. I am a dead body, You are my soul. Come. Open, unlock the door of Your Kindness.” He answered, “Be silent. Only a madman keeps his door open all the time.” Rubailer, Page 390, Rubai #4

Tags: Beloved, Body, Divine_Wine, Soul
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Absence Is for Heroes (11/12/17)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted November 12, 2017

Once more, we have given up our heart, mind and soul. The Beloved has come. We will stay out of the way.   We have turned our back on existence.  Our direction is Absence. We have found the One whose trace is unseen. We have given up the trace. (more…)

Tags: Absence, Beloved, Divine_Wine, Heart, Mind(Reason), Nothingness, Soul, Time
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Bees Don’t Make His Honey (10/15/17)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted October 15, 2017

Before wine, the vineyard or the grape ever existed in this world, our soul was drunk with everlasting wine, with God’s wine.   Before this hide and seek, before Mansur* said that secret word, made that subtle point, we kept saying, “I am God,” in the Baghdad of this world. (more…)

Tags: Absence, Death, Divine_Wine, Soul
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The Situation Is Not Like That (8/20/17)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted August 20, 2017

Between the darkness of sleep and the light of awakening, in the dark of evening, I saw such a person!   He was a traveler with such a beautiful face, on his journey to the Holy Temple. He was pure wisdom, the light of awareness. (more…)

Tags: Beloved, Death, Divine_Wine, Existence, Humanity, Suffering
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“You Are Not Mud. You Are This Gold.”(7/23/17)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted July 23, 2017

Don't you see? Thirst is telling water to go away. Hunger is turning its nose up at bread. The tunnel is angry at the sun because it doesn't want its light. What a crazy, stupid, unfortunate situation this is. (more…)

Tags: Absence, Beloved, Divine_Wine, Existence, Fasting, Suffering
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“Let Me Tell You Something” (6/25/17)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted June 25, 2017

For my Beloved, it is to break hearts. For me, God's grace has given me Love. What beautiful sustenance is this? (more…)

Tags: Annihilation, Beloved, Divine_Wine, Love, Love's Sugar
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That’s How Sweet It Is (6/11/17)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted June 11, 2017

He said, "Let me offer soul's wine to you, so you won't be oppressed with anxiety and sorrow. Never mind sorrow. Every merry one will pledge joy to you. (more…)

Tags: Absence, Divine_Wine, Drunk, Soul, Thanks
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Gamble with Your Life (4/23/17)

By MillicentIn quatrain (rubai), Rumi PoetryPosted April 23, 2017

Gamble with your life. Take every chance you can. You can't reach His union by talking. They don't serve milk to drunks by the glass of Sharia.* In the place where wine is served, they pour it only to those who have undressed from the "self." Not even a drop is...

Tags: Annihilation, Divine_Wine, Self
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Yes (12/25/16)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted December 25, 2016

Yes, that door will be opened in the end. Yes, in the end, that silver-bodied charmer will appear, show his face. (more…)

Tags: Absence, Annihilation, Beloved, Divine_Wine, Love's Sugar, Patience, Union
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