RUMI DAYS

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

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Strange Frenzy

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There is a strange frenzy in my head, of birds flying, each particle circulating on its own. Is the one I love everywhere?
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Friday, March 4, 2011

This World Which is Made of Our Love for Emptiness

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Praise to the emptiness that blanks out existence. Existence: this place made from our love for that emptiness! Yet somehow comes emptines...
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Thursday, March 3, 2011

The Tent

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Outside, the freezing desert night. This other night inside grows warm, kindling. Let the landscape be covered with thorny crust. We have a...
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Wednesday, March 2, 2011

There is Some Kiss We Want

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There is some kiss we want with our whole lives, the touch of spirit on the body. Seawater begs the pearl to break its shell. And the lil...
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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

I Have Five Things to Say

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I have five things to say, five fingers to give into your grace. First, when I was apart from you, this world did not exist, nor any other...
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Monday, February 28, 2011

Body Intelligence (2)

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Elephant and Rider, Indian, circa 1640 Metropolitan Museum of Art There are guides who can show you the way. Use them. But they will not ...
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Sunday, February 27, 2011

Body Intelligence (1)

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Three Capetian French scholars consulting an astrolabe, ca. AD 1200 Your intelligence is always with you, overseeing your body, even though...
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