RUMI DAYS

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

Saturday, December 11, 2010

One Swaying Being

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Love is not condescending, never that, nor books, nor any marking on paper, nor what people say of each other. Love is a tree with branche...
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Friday, December 10, 2010

Majesty and Helplessness

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Torn wall covering, found here Always check your inner state with the lord of your heart. Copper does not know it's copper, until it i...
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Thursday, December 9, 2010

Descend into the Pith

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Would you like to have revealed to you the truth of the Friend? Leave the rind, and descend into the pith. Fold within fold, the beloved ...
Wednesday, December 8, 2010

A Voice through the Door

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Sometimes you hear a voice through the door calling you, as fish out of water hear the waves, or a hunting falcon hears the drum's Come...
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Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Listening (2)

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Lisa Trehot, by Auguste Renoir Listen, and feel the beauty of your separation, the unsayable absence. There is a moon inside every human b...
Monday, December 6, 2010

Listening (1)

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What is the deep listening? Sama is a greeting from the secret ones inside the heart, a letter. The branches of your intelligence grow ne...
Sunday, December 5, 2010

Your Face

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You may be planning departure, as a human soul leaves the world taking almost all its sweetness with it. You saddle your horse. You must b...
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