Dive for the Pearls (1/10/16) O stone-hearted one, turn the soul into a sea full of pearls. O, the hair of the Beloved looks like night; Create dawn in the middle of the night. Tune the harp that is played by the heart and soul with Love. Fill the silent More...
The Means to Reach Absence (1/3/16) Fate is not the slave of our heart’s desire; Existence is a means to reach Absence. Our nanny is behind the curtain. In fact, we are not here; those are our shadows. Ergin, Rubailar, Verse #4, Page 109 More...
When You Are Drunk (12/27/15) When you are sober, the Beloved seems like a thorn to you. When you are drunk with God’s wine, out of your self, the Beloved is a great help to you. When you are sober, you become prey to the fly. When you are drunk, More...
The Flames of Your Heart (12/20/15) You are nothing but wet kindling Until you are cooked in the flames of your heart. Unless you rid yourself of the body’s cloak, The flames of Love cannot be your mentor. Ergin, Rubailar, Verse #3, Page 419 More...
Someone Is Hidden Here (12/13/15) Someone is hidden here, holding my skirt. He bends backward and grabs my hair, keeps pulling me. There is someone secret here like the soul, better than the soul. He has shown me a garden, taken over my house and belongings. Someone is More...
On Humanity (12/6/15)
Category: quatrain (rubai), Rumi Poetry
On Humanity (12/6/15) O one who is dying by trying to untie the knot you tied yourself, O one born in Union, you are dying in separation, O one who sleeps thirsty at the river bank, You are dying and begging at the side of a treasure. Ergin, Rubailar, Verse More...
Prayer for Peace (11/29/15) I want peace from You. understanding and union. You showed me a sign, said something about peace yesterday. The soul became so happy, so cheerful that it started singing and playing. That is his most important job, to sing songs about peace. Is there anything more More...
Beyond Existence and Absence (11-22-15) Wines have been offered from the Sun of happiness to me. The cells of my body have become a knob on the door of the tavern. Come, watch the face of our Sun; that face is the Garden of Eden. Stay in the shade of More...
Love Whispers (11/15/15)
Category: quatrain (rubai), Rumi Poetry
Love Whispers (11/15/15) Love says, “I will give hundreds, thousands of lives To the one who gives his life to me.” Listen to what Love whispers in your ears; He is pulling you next to Him by pulling on them. Ergin, Rubailar, Verse #3, Page 220 More...
That Beautiful Sea of Heart (11-8-15) 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. The ecstasy of Love is a hundred thousand times better Than whole universes full of More...