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Tag: Essence

The Real Treasure (11/22/2020)

By MillicentIn quatrain (rubai), Rumi PoetryPosted November 22, 2020

Absence is Essence. Everything else is an attribute. Absence is health. Everything else is an illness. This world is a big headache, a grand illusion. Absence is the real treasure. To reach it is the purpose of this world. Rubailer (2016), Rubai#1, page 277.

Tags: Absence, Ecstasy, Essence, Magnificent Lie, Suffering
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No Signs, No Tricks, No Traces (9/27/2020)

By MillicentIn quatrain (rubai), Rumi PoetryPosted September 27, 2020

The mind may give you what you think is evidence. Love gives you the Beloved, the Friend. What comes from the mind is dirty water. What comes from the Beloved is the Water of Life. You may ascend to the sky with all the signs of a lover's journey, all the...

Tags: Absence, Beloved, Essence, Mind(Reason), Truth
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From Behind Thousands of Curtains (7/19/2020)

By MillicentIn quatrain (rubai), Rumi PoetryPosted July 19, 2020

Once my soul had turned its face to the Essence and given up whys, whats and hows, it started to see eternity. The secret of Love and the meaning of creation which had been concealed from it up until then appeared from behind thousands of curtains. Rubailer (2016), Rubai #1,...

Tags: Annihilation, Essence, Secret, Soul, Veils
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A Sign Has Appeared from Love (3/8/2020)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted March 8, 2020

Just now, ruby-colored tears have started seeping from my eyes. A sign has appeared from Love, yet a trace of Love's dust never appears. (more…)

Tags: Absence, Beloved, Essence, Heart, Lover, Silence, Soul, Veil
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I Will Keep Silent (12/1/19)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted December 1, 2019

Just now, ruby-colored tears have started coming from my eyes. A trace of Love's dust never appears, but a sign has appeared from Love. (more…)

Tags: Beloved, Essence, Evidence, Love, Lover, Nothingness, Soul
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Both Worlds Are Submerged in Him (11/24/19)

By MillicentIn quatrain (rubai), Rumi PoetryPosted November 24, 2019

If you want the Beloved to show His face to you, turn inside. Give up your flesh and walk to the Essence. He is such an Essence that He is surrounded by layers of curtains. He is submerged in His own Being, and both worlds are submerged in Him. Rubailer...

Tags: Absence, Annihilation, Beloved, Essence, Existence, Heart
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I Did Not Recognize Who I was (7/21/19)

By MillicentIn quatrain (rubai), Rumi PoetryPosted July 21, 2019

At first, like others, I preferred being my self. Although I was aware of my existence, I did not comprehend my being. Because I could not see, I did not recognize who I was. I was merely hearing my name. Finally, and only when I went out of myself completely, I...

Tags: Absence, Annihilation, Essence, Self
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