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Tag: God

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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Only a Fool Says… (8/16/2020)

By MillicentIn quatrain (rubai), Rumi PoetryPosted August 16, 2020

Union with God cannot be achieved until a person completely annihilates his self. Such a Union is not the merging of two to make one. Union is your total annihilation. Absurdity doesn’t turn falsehood into Truth. Only a fool says, “Everything is God.” Rubailer (2016), Rubai #2, page 179

Tags: Annihilation, God, Truth, Union
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Only a Fool Says… (6/21/2020)

By MillicentIn quatrain (rubai), Rumi PoetryPosted June 21, 2020

Union with God cannot be achieved until a person has completely annihilated his self. Such a Union is not the merging of two to make one. Union requires your total annihilation. Absurdity does not turn falsehood into Truth. Only a fool says, "Everything is God." Rubailer (2016, Rubai #2, page...

Tags: Annihilation, Dualistic Perception, God, Truth, Union
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Have You Ever…? (6/14/2020)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted June 14, 2020

Have you ever known a wine which has no hangover? Have you ever picked a rose which has no thorns? (more…)

Tags: Beloved, Dualistic Perception, God, Humanity, Suffering, The Journey
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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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How Lucky (1/12/20)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted January 12, 2020

The soul's Sultan pushes us from one play to another as if we were pawns in a chess game. I wonder if He wins. I wonder if He is ever checkmated. After all, aren't we the ones on trial?   He picked up our particles, gathered them together, then kneaded...

Tags: Drunk, God, Love, Suffering
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Death is Reaching Out to God (12/8/19)

By MillicentIn quatrain (rubai), Rumi PoetryPosted December 8, 2019

There is a new life in death for the man of faith and justice. From death, peace and calm come to clean souls. Death is reaching out to God, not out to fear and cruelty. The one who refuses to die with that death will die every day. That is...

Tags: Annihilation, Death, God
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I Am Right Here (11/17/19)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted November 17, 2019

"I don't have anything to do with this." That's what you said, looking quite sour. Words like "vinegar is a nice condiment" were written all over your face. (more…)

Tags: Absence, Annihilation, Drunk, Existence, God, Heart, Soul, The Journey
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Bravos to Our Power and Abilities!

By MillicentIn quatrain (rubai), Rumi PoetryPosted July 7, 2019

Sometimes , the angels are jealous of our purity. Sometimes, the devil is afraid of our recklessness. Our clay body carries God's gift. Bravos to our power and abilities! Rubailer (2016), Rubai #3, page 43.

Tags: God, Thanks, The Journey
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The Beyond (2/17/19)

By MillicentIn quatrain (rubai), Rumi PoetryPosted February 17, 2019

Some people tell stories about the Beyond. Some expect help from the Beyond. Souls keep running out of bodies secretly, looking for the Beyond. Rubailar, Rubai #4, Page 222.

Tags: God, Humanity, Love, Nothingness, Soul
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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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Throw Away This Image (10/7/18)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted October 7, 2018

The words which come from the soul are a curtain to the soul. The fog which comes from the sea hides the coast and the pearls of that sea.   It is a great task to get involved in philosophical discourses. But, the explanation is the curtain to the Sun...

Tags: Curtain, Existence, God, Self, Soul, The Earth, The Sea, Truth
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That Pure Clean Mirror (10/22/17)

By MillicentIn quatrain (rubai), Rumi PoetryPosted October 22, 2017

Come to your senses, O body made of clay. Don’t talk about the Earth. Don’t talk about anything but that pure, clean mirror. The One who created it left His attribute in your heart. Don’t talk about anything but that attribute. Rubailer, Page 375, Rubai #2

Tags: Existence, God, Language_of_the_Mute, Love
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If You Forget These Words (8/27/17)

By MillicentIn quatrain (rubai), Rumi PoetryPosted August 27, 2017

O heart, if you are aware of the words “God is with you wherever you are,” why do you get so confused? If you forget these words, you are attributing a partner to God. Rubailer, Page 364, Rubai #1

Tags: Dualistic Perception, God
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A Secret Rose Garden (7/16/17)

By MillicentIn quatrain (rubai), Rumi PoetryPosted July 16, 2017

He is a secret rose garden which bushes are concealing. He appears in hundreds of different shapes, but He is the only one. He is a coastless ocean that covers everything. One wave from this ocean becomes hundreds of waves in every soul. Rubailer, Page 352, Rubai #3

Tags: God, Language_of_the_Mute, Love, Soul
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Turn (5/14/17)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted May 14, 2017

I really keep turning around bad luck, keep borrowing trouble when I turn around myself, my illusions instead of You. (more…)

Tags: Death, God, Humanity, Mirror, Union
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Who Knows God? (4/30/17)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted April 30, 2017

In His eyes, both worlds resemble a piece of grain in front of a rooster. The eye that has seen Greatness is like that. (more…)

Tags: Absence, Annihilation, God, Humanity, Nothingness, Suffering
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A Bridge (3/19/17)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted March 19, 2017

You are the nightingale of the garden meadows. But, with the grace of God, you can become the garden, the meadow and wind, even hundreds of nightingales. (more…)

Tags: God, Humanity, The Journey
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“God Knows Best” (3/5/17)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted March 5, 2017

I became the confidant of the One who set out to search. I became a friend of the One who settled down in the land of Glory.   I saw a dome beyond the six dimensions. I turned into the floor, the dirt of that dome. (more…)

Tags: Annihilation, Death, God, Love, Nothingness, Secret
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A Curtain to the Soul (1/8/17)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted January 8, 2017

The words which come from Soul are a curtain to the soul. The fog which comes from the sea hides the coast and the sea's pearls. (more…)

Tags: Absence, Existence, God, Knowledge, Truth
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The One… (8/28/16)

By MillicentIn quatrain (rubai), Rumi PoetryPosted August 28, 2016

I am a slave and servant of the One who takes me to His soul, The One who makes my garden and meadow green. He shows me to the world and makes me famous in one moment, Then changes me to one without name or fame in the next. Rubailer, Page...

Tags: Death, God, Resurrection, Suffering, Thanks
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God’s Appearance (6/19/16)

By MillicentIn quatrain (rubai), Rumi PoetryPosted June 19, 2016

Every creature in the universe is God’s appearance. Every event, everything has existed in the Divine Consciousness before. Every particle comes from the whole. But, that does not mean the whole divides into particles all the time.                          ...

Tags: Existence, God
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