Beyond the Veil

Beyond the veil of this illusion
Lies a world filled with wonder
It is so close yet so far away
This veil is lifted by Love alone
once you peek inside
you always want to return
And yet in the stillness of the night
In the quiet moments of deep solitude
The veils lift gently
With the heart opening and allowing..
There is a magnetic pull to surrender
Venus calls my soul forward
I am her servant
I become her smile
I become her breath
I enter the world of Love
Even if just for a moment
I taste once again
the nectar of bliss and freedom.

Intoxicated by wine of love

Intoxicated by the Wine of Love.
From each a mystic silence Love demands.
What do all seek so earnestly? 'Tis Love.
What do they whisper to each other? Love.
Love is the subject of their inmost thoughts.
In Love no longer 'thou' and 'I' exist,
For Self has passed away in the Beloved.
Now will I draw aside the veil from Love,
And in the temple of mine inmost soul,
Behold the Friend; Incomparable Love.
He who would know the secret of both worlds,
Will find the secret of them both, is Love.


- Farid ud Din Attar 

Understand

"Understand perceive O beloved mind
How can you slumber and be a Lover?
Having received then share it all
Or would you rather lose it possessing?
If crumbs be all that you have to fare
Does it matter if it is saltless or tasty?
When eyes are loaded with deep sleep
What is then the pillow and bedding?
Says Kabir, such is the path of Love
Why lose heart having committed yourself?"


Kabir

Die in Love

Rumi
"You think you are alive
because you breathe air?
Shame on you, 
that you are alive in such a limited way.
Don't be without Love, 
so you won't feel dead.
Die in Love 
and stay alive forever."

From Love Poems to God

I WRITE OF THAT JOURNEY     

By Mira

I remember how my mother would hold me.

I would look up at her sometimes and see her weep.

I understand now what was happening.

Love so strong a force

it broke the

cage,

and she disappeared from everything

for a blessed

moment.

All actions have evolved

From the taste of flight;

the hope of freedom

moves our cells

and limbs.

Unable to live on the earth, Mira ventured out alone in the sky –

I write of that journey

of becoming as

free as

God.

Don’t forget love;

it will bring all the madness you need

to unfurl yourself across

the universe.

This Moment

This moment, this love, comes to rest in me
many beings in one being
In one wheat grain a thousand sheep stacks

Inside the needle's eye
a turning night of stars

There is a light seed grain inside
you fill it with yourself or it dies

I am caught in this curling energy, your hair
who ever is calm and sensible
is insane!

--Rumi

To Love is to be God

To Love is to be God.


Never will a Lover's chest 


feel any sorrow.


Never will a Lover's robe 

be touched by mortals.


Never will a Lover's body 


be found buried in the earth.


To Love is to be God.

Rumi

On the Nature of Love

From Chaitali (1896)

The night is black and the forest has no end;

a million people thread it in a million ways.

We have trysts to keep in the darkness, but where

or with whom- of that we are unaware.

But we have this faith- that a lifetime's bliss

will appear any minute, with a smile upon its lips.

Scents, touches, sounds, snatches of songs

brush us, pass us, give us delightful shocks.

Then peradventure there's a flash of lightning:

whomever I see that instant I fall in love with.

I call that person and cry: `This life is blest!

For your sake such miles have I traversed!'

All those others who come close and moved off

in the darkness- I dont know if they exist or not.

Translated from Bengali by Ketaki Kushari Dyson.

Love Song by Rilke

How should I hold my soul

so it does not touch on yours. 

How shall I lift it

over you to other things?

Ah, willingly I’d store it away

with some lost thing in the dark,

in some strange still place, that

does not tremble when your depths tremble.

But all that touches us, you and me,

takes us, together, like the stroke of a bow,

that draws one chord out of the two strings.

On what instrument are we strung?

And what artist has us in their hand?

O sweet song.

Shakespeare on Love

Let me not to the marriage of true minds

	Admit impediments. Love is not love

Which alters when it alteration finds,

	Or bends with the remover to remove:

O no! it is an ever-fixed mark

	That looks on tempests and is never shaken;

It is the star to every wandering bark,

Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.

Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks

	Within his bending sickle's compass come:

Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,

	But bears it out even to the edge of doom.

If this be error and upon me proved,

	I never writ, nor no man ever loved.

The Love of God

"The love of God, unutterable and perfect,
 flows into a pure soul the way that light      
rushes into a transparent object. 
The more love that it finds, the more 
it gives itself; so that, as we grow clear and open, the more complete the joy of heaven is. And the more souls who resonate together, the greater the intensity of their love, and, mirror-like, each soul reflects the other." Dante Alighieri

The Day Sky

Let us be like

Two falling stars in the day sky.

Let no one know of our sublime beauty

As we hold hands with God

And burn

Into a sacred existence that defies -

That surpasses

Every description of ecstasy

And love.

Hafiz

Be Drunk in Love

Be Drunk in Love, Since Love Is Everything That Exists

By Rumi

Be drunk in love, since love is everything that exists. 

Without the occupation and trading of love there isn't any door to the 

Beloved.

It is love and it is the lover that are enduring for time without end; don't put anything except this upon your heart, since it isn't but something borrowed. 

Love is the cure, for your pain will keep giving birth to more pain until your eyes constantly exhale love as effortlessly as your body yields its scent.

Love's Visit

Love entered me,
through the doorway of my heart,
like a gust of wind 
that breaks through a shut window pane.

I became breathless and dizzy 
with the force of Love's power.

It was like an unexpected visit 
from a Beloved guest
who arrived in His full glory, 
bringing gifts of unimaginable beauty.

I was stunned, 
without words, 
falling to my knees, 
surrendering in awe...

My body trembled and my being 
was filled with love and excitement.

How powerful is this force of Love.... 
I was swept away in a gust of ecstasy 
in a whirlwind of confusion.

My Beloved, testing my love, 
stretching my capacity 
to withstand His presence, 
expanding my heart.

The Meaning of Love By Rumi

Both light and shadow
are the dance of Love.
Love has no cause;
it is the astrolabe of God’s secrets.
Lover and Loving are inseparable
and timeless.

Although I may try to describe Love
when I experience it I am speechless.
Although I may try to write about Love
I am rendered helpless;
my pen breaks and the paper slips away
at the ineffable place
where Lover, Loving and Loved are one.

Every moment is made glorious
by the light of Love.

By Invitation from Venus

I enter the Temple of Love, a solitary traveler

By Invitation from Venus

I am beckoned to come forward

to kneel beside her and offer my heart

I am lead through a maze of halls

with dazzling lights, and gentle whispers

Souls of lovers speaking words of love to each other

I am melting in bliss

I anticipate the calling to my Beloved

At then end of my walk, guided by Venus

I enter A space with Cathedral ceilings

Open windos with streaming sunlight

Doves flying freely, silence

My heart is racing, overflowing with Love

He is there waiting for me

Dressed in white, glowing with light

He does not speak

His eyes convey love and tenderness

I am weak, almost defeated by this Force of Love

My heart is bursting in flames as I approach him

He smiles at me and extends out his hand

I reach for him and our fingertips touch

A shock of electricity enters my body

I feel dizzy with Love

Our lips touch and our bodies disappear into light

Melting into each other, each cell merging with each other

We become one Light dancing in a spiral towards the Heavens

Our Love Becomes One Being of Light

We rise towards the Kingdom of God

as One Force of Light

Merging with the Stars, the Galaxies, with Eternity

There the Collective Love of Other Lovers 

Is Like a Limitless Ocean, We are All Together

United in Ecstasy There is no longer I or Him

or Them, We are inside God. Inside the Love of God.

Sound Filled Silence

 

In the sound filled silence I look for you

The movement of life passes right through me

Nothing lingers, no thought, no sound, no vision

In the stillness of my breath

I become a soft veil of light

All enters me and I traverse time

 

As you gracefully accept my call to you

To share this moment of eternity

You open your winged heart to embrace me

 

In this sublime union there is no separation

Light merges with light

An exuberant play of spiraling flickers

A swelling, powerful surge of Love

Rising towards the heavens in a dance

Celebrating remembrance and Love’s triumph.