RUMI DAYS
Daily readings of the 13th Century Persian poet as translated by Coleman Barks
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Only Breath (1)
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Ah, true believers, what can I say? I no longer know who I am. Not Christian or Jew or Muslim. Not Hindu, Buddhist, Sufi, or Zen. I am not...
Friday, November 26, 2010
Empty
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Margate Harbour, Joseph Mallord William Turner When you are with everyone but me, you are with no one. When you are with no one but me, y...
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Thursday, November 25, 2010
When You Feel Your Lips
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Moon, by Maria Tepper When you feel your lips becoming infinite and sweet, like the moon in a sky, when you feel that spaciousness inside,...
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Bonfire at Midnight
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Fire of Finland, by Kim Leonard A shout comes out of my room where I've been cooped up. After all my lust and dead living I can still ...
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010
The Music
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For sixty years I have been forgetful, every minute, but not for a second has this flowing toward me stopped or slowed. I deserve nothing. ...
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Monday, November 22, 2010
The Guest House
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This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unex...
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Sunday, November 21, 2010
This Recklessness
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War Path, by Alfred Jacob Miller I have no vocation but this, and no need to touch every rose and thornpoint. You are seeing through my ey...
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