RUMI DAYS

Daily readings of the 13th Century Persian poet as translated by Coleman Barks

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Smoke

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Don't listen to anything I say. I must enter the center of the fire. Fire is my child, but I must be consumed and become fire. Why is...
Monday, November 29, 2010

Mary's Hiding

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Before these possessions you love slip away, say what Mary said when she was surprised by Gabriel. I'll hide inside God. Naked in her...
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Sunday, November 28, 2010

Only Breath (2)

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Friends, when I taste love's wine, the two worlds combine, and I have no purpose but this play of presences. If I spend one moment ou...
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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