tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064015610319081123.post855459219193627939..comments2024-03-13T11:35:52.870-04:00Comments on RUMI DAYS: The Price of KissingRuthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064015610319081123.post-51792789848577854272011-01-22T13:12:46.827-05:002011-01-22T13:12:46.827-05:00Si para tienes?Si para tienes?whohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17685473418191606910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064015610319081123.post-51658754681191904322011-01-22T11:27:10.191-05:002011-01-22T11:27:10.191-05:00As you say, Ruth, Rilke and Rumi resonate in today...As 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.Dan Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11628603380292404658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064015610319081123.post-11538144859070335752011-01-22T10:07:12.547-05:002011-01-22T10:07:12.547-05:00i think it's like becoming a parent, accepting...i think it's like becoming a parent, accepting a job, eating a chocolate bar. there's giving and receiving in all decisions. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064015610319081123.post-74805936435268266922011-01-22T06:12:48.160-05:002011-01-22T06:12:48.160-05:00Again today there is a parallel connection with Ri...Again 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?Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064015610319081123.post-53511108594505370032011-01-22T04:50:24.345-05:002011-01-22T04:50:24.345-05:00perfect, now the title better fits the pearl of sa...perfect, now the title better fits the pearl of said typowhohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17685473418191606910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064015610319081123.post-90446638419619249012011-01-22T04:48:50.988-05:002011-01-22T04:48:50.988-05:00I think we, sorry, I think you had better sleep wi...I think we, sorry, I think you had better sleep wi, <br /><br />I think you had better sleep on it (the question)whohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17685473418191606910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064015610319081123.post-69126597797847221102011-01-22T04:42:18.713-05:002011-01-22T04:42:18.713-05:00:)
I see that I mis-typed the title "The Pri...:)<br /><br />I 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? :)Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064015610319081123.post-68185423712797026872011-01-22T03:11:57.275-05:002011-01-22T03:11:57.275-05:00"a kiss is a hell-of-a-lot better than being ..."a kiss is a hell-of-a-lot better than being bitten"<br /><br />:)whohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17685473418191606910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064015610319081123.post-11202530709205046352011-01-22T03:10:23.568-05:002011-01-22T03:10:23.568-05:00And in the turning
of nightmares and terror
from ...And in the turning <br />of nightmares and terror<br />from living too close<br />to the Phoenix's lair<br /><br />it turns<br /><br />And he was not smitten<br />From the kiss<br />Heaven was born<br /><br />by crazy coincidence, he was in fact smitten from witnessing, the birth of a Godwhohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17685473418191606910noreply@blogger.com