There is one

There is one Holy Book, the sacred manuscript of nature, which truly enlightens all readers.

~Hazrat Inayat Khan

When you

When you do things from your soul,
you feel a river moving in you,
a joy.

— Rumi

The way of love

"The way of love is not a subtle argument. The door there is devastation. Birds make great sky-circles of their freedom. How do they learn it? They fall, and falling, they're given wings."

- Rumi

Sit right there

"Sit right there -
don't do a thing, just rest.
For your seperation from God,
from Love
is the hardest work in this world."

~ Hafiz

In a handful of ocean water

In a handful of ocean water
You could not count all the finely tuned
Musicians

Who are acting stoned
For very intelligent and sane reasons

And of course are becoming extremely sweet
And wild.

~Hafiz

The breath

"The breath of the flute player:
does it belong to the flute?"

– Rumi

The Subject Tonight is Love

The subject tonight is Love
And for tomorrow night as well,
As a matter of fact
I know of no better topic
For us to discuss
Until we all
Die!

~Hafiz

Come, come

"Come, come, whoever you are. Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving. It doesn't matter. Ours is not a caravan of despair. come, even if you have broken your vows a thousand times. Come, yet again , come , come."

— Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi

Your task

"Your task is not to seek for love but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it."

~Rumi

Come, come

“Come, come, whoever you are
Wanderer, worshipper, lover of leaving,
Ours is no caravan of despair,
Even if you have broken your vow a thousand times,
Come, yet again, come ...”

~ adapted from Rumi

No one

"No one, not even Hafiz, can describe with words the Great Mystery. No one knows in which shell the priceless pearl does hide."

~ Hafiz

Fear is

‎"Fear is the cheapest room in the house.
I would like to see you living
In better conditions."

~Hafiz

Before the world

Before the world was, all was in sound.
God was in sound, we are made of sound.

~Harrat Inayat Khan

Why should I seek?

Why should I seek?
I am the same as He.
His essence speaks through me.
I have been looking for myself!

~Rumi.

Fly away

Fly away, fly away bird to your native home,
You have leapt free of the cage
Your wings are flung back in the wind of God.
Leave behind the stagnant and marshy waters,
Hurry, hurry, hurry, O bird, to the source of life

—RUMI

Every child

Every child has known God
Not the God of names
Not the God of don’ts
Not the God who ever does anything weird,
But the God who knows only four words.
And keeps repeating them, saying:
“Come Dance with Me, come dance.”

Hafiz

Forget

Forget any sounds or touch you knew
that did not help you dance.

~Rumi

there is no one

...there is no one in this world who is not looking for God. everyone is trudging along with as much dignity, courage and style as they possibly can.

~ Hafiz

This is not the time

"This is not the time to stay at home,
But to go out and give yourself to the garden.
The dawn of joy has arisen,
And this is the moment of union, of vision."

~ Rumi

I burn away

I burn away; laugh; my ashes are alive!
I die a thousand times:
My ashes dance back -
A thousand new faces.

~Rumi