He who sees his Lord within every creature deathless dwelling Amidst the mortal. That man sees truly. ~Bhagavad Gita
The whole world have taken the wrong way, for they fear nonexistence, while it is their refuge. Where should we seek knowledge? In the abandonment of knowledge. Where should we seek peace? In abandoning peace. Where should we seek existence? In the abandonment of existence. Where should we seek apples? In abandoning our hands. 'The Sufi Path of Love: The Spiritual Teachings of Rumi'
Ibn `Arabi: When the mystery -- of realizing that the mystic is one with the Divine -- is revealed to you, you will understand that you are no other than God and that you have continued and will continue ... without when and without times. Then you will see all your actions to be His actions and all your attributes to be His attributes and your essence to be His essence, though you do not thereby become He or He you, in either the greatest or the least degree. "Everything is perishing save His Face," that is there is nothing except His Face, "then, whithersoever you turn, there is the Face of God."
Voices in the Mist By Alfred, Lord Tennyson The time draws near the birth of Christ: The moon is hid; the night is still; The Christmas bells from hill to hill Answer each other in the mist. Four voices of four hamlets round, >From far and near, on mead and moor, Swell out and fail, as if a door Were shut between me and the sound: Each voice four changes on the wind, That now dilate, and now decrease, Peace and goodwill, goodwill and peace, Peace and goodwill, to all mankind.
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam translation by Edward Fitzgerald 9 But come with old Khayyám, and leave the Lot Of Kaikobád and Kaikhosrú forgot: Let Rustum lay about him as he will, Or Hátim Tai cry Supper--heed them not.
3090 Forget the world, and so command the world. Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder. Help someone`s soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd. Stay in the spiritual fire. Let it cook you. Be well-baked loaf and lord of the table. Come and be served to your brothers. You have been a source of pain. Now you`ll be the delight. You have been an unsafe house. Now you`ll be the One who sees into the Invisible. I said this, and a Voice came to my ear: If you become this, you will be That! Then Silence, and now more Silence. A mouth is not for talking. A mouth is for tasting this sweetness. Rumi/Barks
Christmas Carol By Sara Teasdale THE kings they came from out the south, All dressed in ermine fine, They bore Him gold and chrysoprase, And gifts of precious wine. The shepherds came from out the north, Their coats were brown and old, They brought Him little new-born lambs -- They had not any gold. The wise-men came from out the east, And they were wrapped in white; The star that led them all the way Did glorify the night. The angels came from heaven high, And they were clad with wings; And lo, they brought a joyful song The host of heaven sings. The kings they knocked upon the door, The wise-men entered in, The shepherds followed after them To hear the song begin. And Mary held the little child And sat upon the ground; She looked up, she looked down, She looked all around. The angels sang thro' all the night Until the rising sun, But little Jesus fell asleep Before the song was done.
"I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play, And wild and sweet the words repeat Of peace on earth, good-will to men! ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
PEOPLE GET INTO A HEAVY-DUTY sin and guilt trip, feeling that if things are going wrong, that means that they did something bad and they are being punished. That's not the idea at all. The idea of karma is that you continually get the teachings that you need to open your heart. To the degree that you didn't understand in the past how to stop protecting your soft spot, how to stop armoring your heart, you're given this gift of teachings in the form of your life, to give you everything you need to open further." ~Pema Chödrön on karma, from "Start Where You Are"
Gitanjali - Song Offerings by Rabindranath Tagore 17. I am only waiting for love to give myself up at last into his hands. That is why it is so late and why I have been guilty of such omissions. They come with their laws and their codes to bind me fast; but I evade them ever, for I am only waiting for love to give myself up at last into his hands. People blame me and call me heedless; I doubt not they are right in their blame. The market day is over and work is all done for the busy. Those who came to call me in vain have gone back in anger. I am only waiting for love to give myself up at last into his hands.
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