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The teachings of Rumi

The wisdom of Rumi

Posted on October 17, 2010 by Michaela

  I wonder from these thousand of “me’s”, which one am I? Listen to my cry, do not drown my voice I am completely filled with the thought of you. Don’t lay broken glass on my path I will crush … Continue reading →

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The wisdom of Rumi

Posted on October 16, 2010 by Michaela

    Longing is the core of mystery. Longing itself brings the cure. The only rule is, Suffer the pain. Your desire must be disciplined, and what you want to happen in time, sacrificed. From: Rumi – The Essential Rumi … Continue reading →

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Love of Rumi

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Michaela

  Oh Beloved, take me. Liberate my soul. Fill me with your love and release me from the two worlds. If I set my heart on anything but you let fire burn me from inside. Oh Beloved, take away what … Continue reading →

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The wisdom of Rumi

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Michaela

The spirit is like an ant, and the body like a grain of wheat which the ant carries to and fro continually. The ant knows that the grains of which it has taken charge will change and become assimilated. One … Continue reading →

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Love by Rumi

Posted on October 13, 2010 by Michaela

I Know You circle my heart, a blissful schemer. What are you up to? I know. You have a secret design for my bleeding heart and sullen face I know. Once you’ve stolen mine and everyone’s heart what will you … Continue reading →

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The wisdom of Rumi

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Michaela

    These spiritual window-shoppers, who idly ask, ‘How much is that?’ Oh, I’m just looking. They handle a hundred items and put them down, shadows with no capital. What is spent is love and two eyes wet with weeping. … Continue reading →

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The wisdom of Rumi

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Michaela

  Love has nothing to do with the five senses and the six directions: its goal is only to experience the attraction exerted by the Beloved. Afterwards, perhaps, permission will come from God: the secrets that ought to be told … Continue reading →

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The wisdom of Rumi

Posted on October 10, 2010 by Michaela

Ode 314 Those who don’t feel this Love pulling them like a river, those who don’t drink dawn like a cup of spring water or take in sunset like supper, those who don’t want to change, let them sleep. This … Continue reading →

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The wisdom of Rumi

Posted on October 9, 2010 by Michaela

Listen for the stream that tells you one thing. Die on this bank. Begin in me the way of rivers with the sea. Rumi – Coleman Barks – from “Say I Am You”

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The wisdom of Rumi

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Michaela

      Say I am You 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 … Continue reading →

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