The tart and hearty grapes, destined to ripen,
will at last become one in heart
by the breath of the masters of heart.
They will grow steadily to grapehood,
shedding duality and malice and strife.
till in maturity, they rend their skins,
and become the mellow wine of union.
-Rumi, M, 11, 3723-25
From: ‘The Knowing Heart – A Sufi Path of Transformation’
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The sky is filled with stars and the sun…
The sky is filled with stars and the sun,
this earth with life vibrant.
Amongst it all I too have received a home,
and out of this wonder my song is born.
In the rhythm of ebb and tide of eternal time,
the world floats.
Its pull enters my blood stream,
that through my [...]
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Indeed, no lover seeks union without his beloved seeking him.
But the love of lovers makes their bodies into bowstrings,
while the love of beloveds makes them happy and plump.
When the lightning of love for the loved one flashes in *this* heart,
know that there is also love in *that* heart.
When love for God has doubled in your [...]
In No Strange Land
The kingdom of God is within you
O world invisible, we view thee,
O world intangible, we touch thee,
O world unknowable, we know thee,
Inapprehensible, we clutch thee!
Does the fish soar to find the ocean,
The eagle plunge to find the air–
That we ask of the stars in motion
If they have rumor of thee there?
Not where [...]
True surrender discovered by conscious obedience is
a position of power, never of weakness. It involves an
informed recognition and admission, ordinarily gained
only through years of spiritual work, that as powerful,
independent and highly functional as we may be, we are
still living under the unremitting dictate of of egoic
domination. This recognition, in the [...]
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from: ‘Absolute Consciousness’ Ramana Maharshi
As selected by Grace J McMartin
There is no moment when the Self as
consciousness does not exist
nor when the seer remains apart from
consciousness.
This consciousness is the eternal being and
only being.
Until one is committed, there is
hesitancy, the chance to draw back.
Concerning all acts of initiative
(and creation), there is one elementary
truth, the ignorance of which kills
countless ideas and splendid plans:
that the moment one definitely commits
oneself, then Providence moves too.
All sorts of things occur to help one
that would never otherwise have occurred.
A whole stream of events issues [...]
From Sharham Shiva:
My annual Open Center event in Manhattan, will be this Friday, March 13 at 8:00PM. Open Center is at 83 Spring St. in SoHo. I’ll be accompanied to by two wonderful musicians, John Ragusa on flutes and Rob Silvan on piano. I hope to see you there.
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Awakening to the truth of perfect Unity, means to awaken from the
dream of a personal self and personal others to the realization that
there is no other. Many spiritual seekers have had glimpses of the
absolute unity of all existence, but few are capable of or willing to
live up to the many challenging implications inherent in that [...]
This world is nothing more than
Beauty’s chance to show herself.
And what are we? -
Nothing more than Beauty’s
chance to see Herself.
For if Beauty were not seeking Herself
we would not exist.
Every particle of creation sings its own
song of what is, and what is not.
The wise hear what is.
The mad bear what is not.
And only a cracked mirror [...]
