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Tag: The Journey

Scared (1/17/2021)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted January 17, 2021

I have traveled from town to town, but I haven't seen any city like the city of Love.   At the beginning, I didn't appreciate the value of that city, and because of my ignorance, I suffered much in exile. (more…)

Tags: Absence, Existence, Love, Soul, Suffering, The Journey
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All Hearts Tremble (12/27/2020)

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

While the Beloved looks on from behind the curtain, the world’s face changes from one color to another. All hearts tremble. Nine levels of the sky are as confused and amazed as we are all because of His Love. Rubailer (2016), Rubai #3, page 285.  

Tags: Beloved, Existence, Heart, The Journey
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Look (11/1/2020)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted November 1, 2020

O soul who has been caught in the hook of the body, look at the fisherman. Don't look at the fish hook. (more…)

Tags: Divine_Wine, Love, Magnificent Lie, Suffering, The Journey
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Enough for Us (7/26/2020)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted July 26, 2020

What is night, what is day for us as long as He is in our heart? He is the One who burns our heart. (more…)

Tags: Beloved, Love, Suffering, The Journey
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Songs and Screams (6/28/2020)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted June 28, 2020

Every night, the specter of my Beauty praises the attributes of my Essence and talks about the Absence of my Essence which proves my Existence.   The Sultan of chess of the seven stars sends a sign from His ayn*-like eye and cim-like ear which checkmates me.   If I...

Tags: Absence, Ecstasy, Existence, Silence, Suffering, The Journey
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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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If I Miss this Opportunity Now (4/5/2020)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted April 5, 2020

My heart appreciates Beauty. Why should I run away from the Beloved? The dagger in my hand is a good one. Why should I turn my face away from battle? (more…)

Tags: Beloved, Heart, Obedience, Self, The Journey
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How Can We Escape (1/19/20)

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

Love came and broke my regret as if it were a bottle. How can we escape Love's constant breaking and repairing? Who can repair a broken bottle except Love? Rubailer (2016), Rubai #3, page 112.

Tags: Love, Suffering, The Journey
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There is a Way (1/5/20)

By MillicentIn quatrain (rubai)Posted January 5, 2020

O confused heart, the way to the Beloved is through your soul. O one who has lost his way, there is a road to the Beloved which is both known and unknown. Don’t worry if your way is blocked from all six directions. There is a way right from the...

Tags: Heart, Patience, Peace, Soul, The Journey
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The Situation (12/15/19)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted December 15, 2019

I tried to describe the situation of my heart as I knew it. The tears and blood of my heart had become rough, but I couldn't explain it. (more…)

Tags: Annihilation, Death, Dualistic Perception, Heart, Nondualistic Perception, Rebirth, The Journey
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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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Look at Souls (10/6/19)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted October 6, 2019

Clean souls ascend to the sky. Turbid souls descend to the valley, are buried in the ground.   Open the eye of your soul and look at souls. How did they get here? What happens to them? Where and how do they go? (more…)

Tags: Death, Existence, Soul, Suffering, The Journey
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The Only Way to Reach Eternity (9/22/19)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted September 22, 2019

Every moment, Your kindness follows after sorrow. If this were not so, no one could stand this suffering.   Make me constantly drunk with the wine which gives no hangover. I don't want any other wine. (more…)

Tags: Annihilation, Beloved, Divine_Wine, Grace, Love's Fire, Nondualistic Perception, Nothingness, Sorrow, Suffering, 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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I Have No Constancy, No Peace (6/30/19)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted June 30, 2019

He said, "I am the fire which burns you." I answered, "Yes, but Your Love and Your sun are in my heart.   "If I smell one rose without Your Love, burn me right away like a thorn." (more…)

Tags: Absence, Annihilation, Love, Suffering, The Journey
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As Long As Existence Persists (5/19/19)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted May 19, 2019

We have seen that time has no beginning of its beginning, because we are the ones who have fallen in Love. The others are merely spectators. (more…)

Tags: Existence, Fire, Love, Nothingness, Sea, The Journey
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Reach Me (4/28/19)

By MillicentIn quatrain (rubai), Rumi PoetryPosted April 28, 2019

I don't have any friend except Love. Love was with me before I came into this world, and Love is still with me. My soul yells, "O lazy one on Love's way, come on. Hurry up. Reach me." Rubailer I2016), Rubai #1, Page 38.

Tags: Love, Soul, The Journey
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The Summit of His Sorrow (3/17/19)

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

Nothing, not even rose or basil had helped me. I said to myself, "Be silent. His bow doesn't match my shield." Then, I was shot from that bow like a three-winged arrow. Even so, I reached the summit of His sorrow without the help of those three wings! Rubailar. Rubai...

Tags: Suffering, The Journey
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From the End to the Beginning (2/24/19)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted February 24, 2019

We are brave, insolent revolutionaries who play with our own lives.   It is a pity that this muddy flesh is the peer of our pure, clean soul. (more…)

Tags: Absence, Annihilation, Death, Existence, Heart, Love, The Journey
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I am Happy on this Journey (1/27/19)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted January 27, 2019

I have gone, so one less headache in this world. I am free from suspense. I have saved my soul.   I said goodbye to the ones I hang out with. Then, I carried my soul to the land where a trace never appears.   I moved out of this...

Tags: Absence, Annihilation, Heart, Peace, Suffering, The Journey
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Come to the Source of Your Source (12/30/18)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted December 30, 2018

How long will you be going backwards? Come forward. Don't stay with heresy. It is time to come to faith.   See poison as sherbet. Grab the poison. At last, come to the Source of your source. ******** You are on the Earth as a form. But, you are the threat...

Tags: Absence, Beloved, Ecstasy, Existence, The Journey
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If This Were Not So (12/16/18)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted December 16, 2018

Every moment,  the Beloved's kindness follows after sorrow. If this were not so, no one could stand this suffering. (more…)

Tags: Annihilation, Beloved, Eternity, Nothingness, Suffering, The Journey
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Fear and Shyness (10/14/18)

By MillicentIn quatrain (rubai), Rumi PoetryPosted October 14, 2018

I know how easily my Beloved gets tired of me. Even the thought that I love Him seems to hurt Him a lot. But, no one can go far on the road to the Beloved with fear and shyness. If the road I take becomes difficult for walking, I will...

Tags: Beloved, Dualistic Perception, Suffering, The Journey
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God’s Halter (9/9/18)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted September 9, 2018

A small fox stealthily grabbed the fat tail of a lion and ran. I wonder. Was the lion sleeping? Surely that blind, lame fox couldn't have saved his own life if the lion had been awake! (more…)

Tags: Suffering, The Journey
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Leave Him Alone. Let Him Go. (8/26/18)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted August 26, 2018

I yelled, "Where is that drunk heart going?" The Sultan of sultans said, "Be silent. He is coming to our side." (more…)

Tags: Absence, Body, Existence, Heart, Soul, The Journey
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Submerged in the Heart (7/29/18)

By MillicentIn Rumi Poetry, Terci-Bend (unique form longer poem)Posted July 29, 2018

Is there anyone who is not involved in my daily work? Who is the one who hasn't given his soul to the Beloved's way?   Is there any head like mine which doesn't become drunk? Is there any heart like mine which doesn't cry, moan and groan? (more…)

Tags: Annihilation, Beloved, Heart, The Journey
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The Untied Knot (7/22/18)

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

The one who ties the untied knot again is laughing at himself as well as the world. They talk about union and separation. But, one cannot be united until he is separated. Rubailer (2016), Page 246, Rubai #3

Tags: Separation, The Journey, Union
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One Day… (6/10/18)

By MillicentIn quatrain (rubai), Rumi PoetryPosted June 10, 2018

One day your heart will take you to the One who caught your heart. One day your soul will take you to the Beloved. Don’t let go of the skirt of your pain. One day your pain will take you to the Remedy. Rubailer, Page 474, Rubai #3

Tags: Beloved, Heart, Patience, Soul, Suffering, The Journey
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The Shrill Pipe of Love (6/3/18)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted June 3, 2018

You are coming our way. You are a decent person. We are also nice. In appearance we look like fire, but we are the Fountain of Life for you.   You are a small pigeon. You were born in this nest. If you don't come this way on your own, we...

Tags: Annihilation, Comfort, Divine_Wine, Love, Self, Soul, Suffering, The Journey
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Our Peace is No Good (5/6/18)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted May 6, 2018

There is a Beauty whose face resembles the Sun. The nicest curtain is the shadow cast by Him.   He rises like the Sun. Particles become restless. For goodness sake, don't keep that Spring-like face behind the curtain. (more…)

Tags: Beloved, Divine_Wine, Drunk, Suffering, The Journey
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