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Freedom by Rumi

Posted on November 3, 2010 by Michaela

Ghazal 1419 is about freedom and it is about the path to liberation. Liberation means to de-condition, de-identify from all that we think we know. It takes a while until the body and the mind have adapted to a life … Continue reading →

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The wisdom of Rumi

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Michaela

    “Fountain of Fire” is one of my favorite Rumi books. Everything in it resonates with me and I often use it for guidance or inspiration. “My dear friend” has a symbolic meaning – never lose hope, or despair … Continue reading →

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Love by Rumi

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Michaela

Come on sweetheart let’s adore one another before there is no more of you and me a mirror tells the truth look at your grim face brighten up and cast away your bitter smile a generous friend gives life for … Continue reading →

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The voice of a saviour

Posted on October 30, 2010 by Michaela

The voice of a saviour will soon be heard as soon as you clear your hearing don’t drink now this polluted water the elixir of life will soon arrive if your desire grace lose your selfish self till you can … Continue reading →

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The wisdom of Rumi

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Michaela

If you are a man of this life then march on this path like a man or retire and take refuge in your house since you are not ready for this battle real men drank a thousand seas and still … Continue reading →

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The wisdom of Rumi

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Michaela

  every moment a voice out of this world calls on your soul to wake up and rise this soul of ours is like a flame with more smoke than light blackening our vision letting no light through lessen the … Continue reading →

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The wisdom of Rumi

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Michaela

It is the rainy season, I dig a canal; In the hope of union I clap my hands. The clouds are pregnant with drops from the sea of love; I am pregnant with those clouds. Don’t say you are not … Continue reading →

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The wisdom of Rumi

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Michaela

The beauty of the heart is the lasting beauty: its lips give to drink of the water of life. Truly it is the water, that which pours, and the one who drinks. All three become one when your talisman is … Continue reading →

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Love by Rumi

Posted on October 24, 2010 by Michaela

The one who has not had a taste of love Is but a piece of wood or stone to God. Love extracts water from stones; Love removes rust from mirrors. infidelity seeks war, faith peace; Love sets fire to war … Continue reading →

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The wisdom of Rumi

Posted on October 23, 2010 by Michaela

  Praise to the emptiness that blanks out existence. This place made from our love for that emptiness! Yet somehow comes emptiness, this existence goes. Praise to that happening, over and over! For years I pulled my own existence out … Continue reading →

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