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Say I am You – Jallalu’ddin Rumi

Written by Posted in Spirituality,SufiTags: coral reef, dust particles, helmsman, keel, morning mist, moth, nightingale, rudder, sunApril 18, 2012No comments

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I am dust particles in sunlight. I am the round sun. To the bits of dust I say, Stay. To the sun, Keep moving. I am morning mist, and the breathing of evening. I am wind in the top of a grove, and surf on the cliff. Mast, rudder, Read More

I Said To The Wanting-Creature Inside Me – Kabir

Written by Posted in Inspiration,Spirituality,SufiTags: absence, boatman, Body, Ford, ground, Kabir, Poem, road, sky, soul, today, tow rope, travelersMarch 5, 2012No comments

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This is a poem for today I Said To The Wanting-Creature Inside Me I said to the wanting-creature inside me: What is this river you want to cross? There are no travelers on the river-road, and no road. Do you see anyone moving about on that bank, Read More

Knowledge: from The Rose Garden by Saadi

Written by Posted in SufiTags: colleges and universities, intellectual achievement, intuitive knowledge, knowledge, man, need, rose garden, Saadi, silver and gold, worldly possessionsSeptember 7, 2007Comments Off

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A philosopher was advising his children as follows: “Dear to me as life! acquire knowledge; for there is no reliance to be placed in worldly possessions, either of land or money. You cannot take rank abroad with you; and silver and gold on a journey Read More

Mullah Nasruddin

Written by Posted in SufiTags: Healing, nbsp, need, problem, read, ship, stone, story, the journey, therapyFebruary 17, 2006Comments Off

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The Mullahs Arms. Mullah Nasrudin began a long journey armed with a saber and a spear. Along the way, a bandit armed with nothing more than a cane jumped him and took his belongings from him. When he arrived at the next city, he told his friends of his Read More

The Story of The Islanders

Written by Posted in Eternal,SufiTags: allegory, Body, Cannibalism, community, effort, gospel, islanders, manual laborer, one, orga, place of refuge, reason, recollection, society, the journey, time, vacillationFebruary 15, 20062 comments

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The islanders This story I first saw in one of idries shahs books, it is an interesting allegory and more... The Islanders(Idries Shah) Once upon a time there lived an ideal community in a far-off land. Its members had no fears as we now know Read More

To Be a Slave of Intensity – Kabir

Written by Posted in Sufi,Words Of InspirationTags: break, brilliant example, death, expression, friend hope, ghosts, hindu, idea, intensity, Kabir, longing, mentor, muslim, plunge, ropes, salvationFebruary 6, 2006Comments Off

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The Slave to Intensity The sufi Kabir was from India and although born a muslim had as his mentor a Hindu master, he often took things to extemes breaking the boundaries of accepted wisdom and his poetry is often a powerful expression of this..... "If Read More

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