O One who rides the horse of eternity and is leaving this temporary monastery,
You know Your way.
You’re going to that place You know so well. Continue reading “That Place You Know So Well (7/5/2026)”
That Place You Know So Well (7/5/2026)
Tag: Nondualistic Perception
My Own Value (5/17/2026)
If I had known my own value,
I would not have fooled around with this dirty world.
I would have emptied myself from self and ascended quickly.
I would have raised my head above the ninth level of the sky
The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations, Volume 4, rubai 1456, page 41.
O Soul, Become Drunk Here (5/10/2026)
It’s impossible to have such a Moon in this world.
Concede it, O heart, concede.
You’re threatening me with a fight? Let’s fight! Continue reading “O Soul, Become Drunk Here (5/10/2026)”
Together as One (5/3/2026)
In Essence, Your soul and mine are the same.
My soul and Yours are together as one.
Just for the sake of public understanding do I say,
“My soul, Your soul.”
In fact, there is no “you” or “I” between us.
The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations, Volume 4, rubai 1447, page 37.
When You’re in Silence (2/22/2026)
O my fast flyer, fly to the land of Absence.
Don’t stay here on this side.
O my thought, my understanding, go to the House of Secrecy, Continue reading “When You’re in Silence (2/22/2026)”
From Out of That Silence (1/11/2026)
I merged so completely with Love, was so fused with Love
that I became Love and Love became me.
That way, I was saved from instigations, from trials and tribulations. Continue reading “From Out of That Silence (1/11/2026)”
Look at Water and Fire (12/14/2025)
Look at Love. It is joined to and merged with lovers.
Look at the soul become one with the land of soil.
How long will you be seeing this and that, good and bad?
Look and see that this and that are joined and merged together. Continue reading “Look at Water and Fire (12/14/2025)”
These are from You (10/5/2025)
O Love, You have cracked me into pieces
as if I am a false idol.
I’ll take you to the Judge.
Nobody asked me to be a witness.
I am a witness of my own accord. Continue reading “These are from You (10/5/2025)”
Different (9/7/2025)
My language is different from the language of others.
My place is different from heaven and hell.
Hearts which are free
are animated by a soul which is different from others.
The pure nature of their Essence comes from a different mine.
The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations, Volume 3, rubai 1339, page 216.
All My Troubles (6/1/2025)
All this conniving for Your Love
has gotten me nothing.
I have shed bloody tears,
but my suffering has gotten me nothing.
I have found no relief from this pain.
But, how could anyone help?
All my troubles are nothing.
The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations, Volume 3, rubai 1298, page 195.