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Tag: Mind(Reason)

I am the Treasure (2/28/2021)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted February 28, 2021

I wasn't as insane as I am now. I wasn't out of my mind like this before.   I used to be prudent and wise once, not crazy and insane like I am now. (more…)

Tags: Absence, Beloved, Mind(Reason), The Journey
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In That Heart (11/15/2020)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted November 15, 2020

What kind of work bench do You have in that heart? What idols are You carving in that heart?   Spring has come. It is seed time. Who knows what You are sowing in that heart?   Outside, You are covered with curtains of secrecy. But, You are wide open in...

Tags: Heart, Mind(Reason), Soul
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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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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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His Question (8/30/2020)

By MillicentIn quatrain (rubai), Rumi PoetryPosted August 30, 2020

Yesterday, this slave was the moon of soul. In his search for proofs and explanations, he asked a difficult question. Although no answer came, his question just disappeared. Rubailer (2016), Rubai #1, page 205.

Tags: Annihilation, Mind(Reason)
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Where is His Roof? (8/9/2020)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted August 9, 2020

Come, O One who gives new life to the world. Stop the workings of this smart mind. (more…)

Tags: Absence, Beloved, Existence, Mind(Reason), Nondualistic Perception, Soul
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Who Is It? (5/3/2020)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted May 3, 2020

Who is it that gives taste and charm to color and shape? When He hides, form becomes like a child of the devil. (more…)

Tags: Absence, Beloved, Body, Mind(Reason), Self, Soul
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He Tells What He Sees (10/27/19)

By MillicentIn quatrain (rubai), Rumi PoetryPosted October 27, 2019

O mortal, this is the Master of all the East. This is the lightning from the cloud which scatters pearls. Whatever you say is based on reasoning alone, whereas He tells what he sees, and that is the difference. Rubailer (2016), Rubai #4, page 70.

Tags: Absence, Mind(Reason)
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Words’ Ship (3/3/19)

By MillicentIn quatrain (rubai), Rumi PoetryPosted March 3, 2019

You have said so many times, "I have given up words. I prefer silence." Yet, you turn around words, so much so that you have turned into talk. You sail with words' ship on the sea of thought, that sea which you have not renounced and which words' ship never will. Rubailar,...

Tags: Mind(Reason), Self, Silence, Words
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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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The Secret of This World (8/19/18)

By MillicentIn quatrain (rubai), Rumi PoetryPosted August 19, 2018

Last night, I secretly asked an old wise mind, "Open to me the secret of this world." He lowered his voice and whispered in my ear, "Be silent. It cannot be said. It can be understood only by the heart." Rubailer (2016), Page 270, Rubai #3

Tags: Heart, Humanity, Mind(Reason), Secret
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“If You Are Looking for a Remedy…” (4/22/18)

By MillicentIn quatrain (rubai), Rumi PoetryPosted April 22, 2018

I said, “O heart, you are in deep trouble.” He responded, “I am content with my situation. Are you?” I answered, “You need a remedy for your mind.” He said, “If you are looking for a remedy, you are crazy.” Rubailer, Page 460, Rubai #1

Tags: Heart, Humanity, Mind(Reason)
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The Joy Among Joys (12/17/17)

By MillicentIn quatrain (rubai), Rumi PoetryPosted December 17, 2017

O head, you are the reason among reasons. O flesh, you are the stranger among strangers. O heart, you are the desire among desires. O soul, you are the joy among joys. Rubailer, Page 417, Rubai #3

Tags: Body, Heart, Mind(Reason), Soul
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The Tree of Contentment (12/3/17)

By MillicentIn quatrain (rubai), Rumi PoetryPosted December 3, 2017

The one who sees You with his heart becomes ecstatic. The ones who are lost in thought are blind. Hundreds of branches scatter roses and flowers to you from the Land of Absence. Why did you cut down the tree of contentment? Rubailer, Page 389, Rubai #2

Tags: Absence, Heart, Humanity, Mind(Reason)
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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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Ask me… (11/5/17)

By MillicentIn quatrain (rubai), Rumi PoetryPosted November 5, 2017

Ask me about the essence of insanity on the way of Love. Ask me about the soul that is gone and lost, about the mind turned upside down. Ask me about the days filled with hundreds of events. Ask me about the deserts burned by the fire of blood. Rubailer,...

Tags: Insanity of Love, Mind(Reason), Soul, Suffering
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Once Love Comes to Talk (10/29/17)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted October 29, 2017

The mind is a bondage to lovers and the ones on the journey, O son. The road is clear, obvious if you break your ties, O son.   The mind is an impediment. The heart is a deception. The soul is a curtain. The body is coarse. The road is hidden because...

Tags: Annihilation, Body, Existence, Heart, Love, Mind(Reason), Pearl, Soul, Truth
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The Longing Inside of You Is for You (10/1/17)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted October 1, 2017

Love is not knowledge or superiority. Love is not in books or papers. The words of people are mere gossip. Love is not like that. (more…)

Tags: Absence, Beloved, Love, Mind(Reason), Secret, The Sea
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There Are Rose Gardens for Lovers (9/3/17)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted September 3, 2017

There are rose gardens for lovers inside of those bloody fences. There are so many other businesses for lovers thanks to the absolute beauty of Love.   The mind says, "There are six dimensions to the world of existence. There is no road beyond those boundaries." Yet Love says, "Yes,...

Tags: Absence, Existence, Love, Lover, Mind(Reason), Suffering, The Rose Garden
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Hundreds of Candles (8/13/17)

By MillicentIn quatrain (rubai), Rumi PoetryPosted August 13, 2017

He is such a sultan that reason has become his fool. He and my heart stay in the same house. He sent a messenger, saying, “I am yours,” and with that, hundreds of candles became moths for His light. Rubailer, Page 359, Rubai #4

Tags: Beloved, Heart, Mind(Reason)
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Our Exuberance (2/12/17)

By MillicentIn quatrain (rubai), Rumi PoetryPosted February 12, 2017

We keep turning like the sky with the Love of the Moon. Only God knows our business. Considering the things that happen in this world, we wonder how smart people can keep their minds in their heads. Yet, they wonder about our exuberance.              ...

Tags: Drunk, Humanity, Mind(Reason)
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The Smoke and Saliva of Thought (1/22/17)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted January 22, 2017

If Love has the desire to embrace and kiss someone, who could resist, my friend, who could?   When the Sultan goes hunting, the place where He hunts smiles. But, when the Sultan becomes the hunt, what can you say to that? (more…)

Tags: Beloved, Mind(Reason), Nothingness, Patience, Silence, The Journey
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You Are the Only One (12/11/16)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted December 11, 2016

You are the only one with us from the beginning of the beginning, O Love. Tell us the secrets one by one; You are in the same house as we are. (more…)

Tags: Annihilation, Divine_Wine, Love, Mind(Reason)
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That Beautiful Sea of Heart (11/8/15)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted November 8, 2015

Understand this well: The work of the mind belongs in the basement. Even if the mind becomes Plato in knowledge, It still remains outside of the palace. (more…)

Tags: Heart, Love, Mind(Reason), Moses, Plato
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This Is Expected (11/1/15)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted November 1, 2015

The mind is a road block on the journey, O son. The road is wide open; untie this bond, tear it, O son.   (more…)

Tags: Annihilation, Love, Mind(Reason)
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Don’t Ask for Reason (9/20/15)

By MillicentIn quatrain (rubai), Rumi PoetryPosted September 20, 2015

At night, I turned around the city like wind, running like water How can sleep overcome the one who walks around the city in darkness? The mind is the one who wants to have everything in order. Don't ask for reason or manners from the drunk. Ergin, Rubailer, V.98, p. 197...

Tags: Annihilation, Drunk, Mind(Reason)
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