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Tag: Fasting

Death’s Majesty (8/25/19)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted August 25, 2019

Love passes with the hope of tomorrow, finishes needlessly with fights and struggles.   Assume your life is the day which you are living right now. See how you spend it with all of your schemes and empty projects. (more…)

Tags: Death, Fasting, Heart, Soul
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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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The Majesty, Power and Honor of Fasting

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted April 2, 2017

Close your mouth to bread. The sugar of fasting has come. You have seen the results of eating and drinking. Now let's see the results of fasting. (more…)

Tags: Annihilation, Fasting
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Drink Love’s Sherbet (7/17/16)

By MillicentIn quatrain (rubai), Rumi PoetryPosted July 17, 2016

Don’t let troubles grab your skirt, Or all the anxieties of the world will gather around you. Leave before God’s order is carried out; Before the Angel of Death closes your mouth, drink Love’s sherbet day and night. Rubailer, Page 217, Rubai #2

Tags: Death, Fasting, Love's Sugar
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Watch the Endless Heart (4/17/16)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted April 17, 2016

You color yourself with the color of the community. Taste the pleasure of the soul: Come to the neighborhood of our tavern And watch the ones who drink heavy wine. (more…)

Tags: Annihilation, Divine_Wine, Fasting, Heart, Humanity, Soul
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Invitation to a Secret Feast (4/10/16)

By MillicentIn quatrain (rubai), Rumi PoetryPosted April 10, 2016

It is customary for Love to eat faith like a meal. Love doesn't go after bread or the worries of life; Its table is set beyond day and night. So what is fasting? An invitation to a secret feast. Rubailer, Page 335, Rubai #2

Tags: Fasting, Love
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