The Kiss, Gustav Klimt
I would love to kiss you.
The price of kissing is your life.
Now my loving is running toward my life shouting,
What a bargain, let's buy it.
Saturday, January 22, 2011
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At the request of a Rumi Reader, I have enabled comments, because I agree that someone, sometime might want to write about the power of Rumi's words. So many times they have met me in ways I just have to share, and so I want you to have that opportunity here. There is no expectation for comments, but please do write something if you feel the urge. ~ Ruth
And in the turning
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from living too close
to the Phoenix's lair
it turns
And he was not smitten
From the kiss
Heaven was born
by crazy coincidence, he was in fact smitten from witnessing, the birth of a God
"a kiss is a hell-of-a-lot better than being bitten"
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ReplyDeleteI see that I mis-typed the title "The Prize of Kissing" and it's supposed to be "The Price of Kissing." Should I change it, or not? :)
I think we, sorry, I think you had better sleep wi,
ReplyDeleteI think you had better sleep on it (the question)
perfect, now the title better fits the pearl of said typo
ReplyDeleteAgain today there is a parallel connection with Rilke's "If I Cried Out." What do we give up to be joined with another? What do we suffer? What is the price?
ReplyDeletei think it's like becoming a parent, accepting a job, eating a chocolate bar. there's giving and receiving in all decisions. steven
ReplyDeleteAs you say, Ruth, Rilke and Rumi resonate in today's selections. Also check out Rilke's March 29 selection (reading ahead is okay) called Dread and Bliss. The three combine for tasty contemplation. To some degree, I think we habitually tend to exaggerate our separateness. We miss the many ways we are joined with this world and entwined in the web of life.
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