This blog was created as an offering to the expression of love, love stories and conscious and devotional literature about love between lover and the beloved and between the soul and God. Whether it is expressed in the sacred poetry of the Sufi mystics, or the great love letters of Heloise and Abelard or Dante's chronicles of his love for Beatrice, it is inspirational and humbling to experience and to aspire to love from the highest place in our being.
This Temple of Love is a sacred space for sharing personal poetry and writings, as well as the quotes and writings of others who have left their imprint in our hearts about states of love. To serve Love in this way is to delve into its mystery and to offer a sanctification to the most sought after human experience. Love is nourishment for our soul - to fall in love, to love another, to love God , or humanity - all these expressions of love fall in the realms of offerings for Temple of Love. I am here, a humble servant hoping to share, inspire and nourish this Love through writing. My greatest inspiration in devotional poetry is Hafiz....I start this blog with a poem from this beloved Sufi master.
THE LUTE WILL BEG
You need to become a pen
In the Sun´s hand.
We need for the earth to sing
Through our pores and eyes.
The body will again become restless
Until your soul paints all its beauty
Upon the sky.
Don´t tell me, dear ones,
That what Hafiz says is not true,
For when the heart tastes its glorious destiny
And you awake to our constant need
for your love
God´s lute will beg
For your hands.
Hafiz
