Showing posts with label sacred poetry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sacred poetry. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

His Golden Spindle

From the breath of my creator
I came into existence with the stars
I traversed layers of time
Slowly learning to breath in
the oxygen of His Love
Falling and getting up again
I learned to exhale His Kindness
Finally fastening my existence
to the eternal thread of His golden spindle.

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

My Beloved by Rabia





My peace, O my brothers and sisters, is my solitude,

And my Beloved is with me always,
For His love I can find no substitute,
And His love is the test for me among mortal beings,
Whenever His Beauty I may contemplate,
He is my "mihrab", towards Him is my "qiblah"
If I die of love, before completing satisfaction,
Alas, for my anxiety in the world, alas for my distress,
O Healer (of souls) the heart feeds upon its desire,
The striving after union with Thee has healed my soul,
O my Joy and my Life abidingly,
You were the source of my life and from Thee also came my ecstasy.
I have separated myself from all created beings,
My hope is for union with Thee, for that is the goal of my desire .

Monday, August 22, 2011

In the Arms of the Beloved

I pray to rest in the arms of the beloved
I yearn for a return
to the merging in His Love
In every breath that I take,
there is that possibility
To enter the state that
we all seek and desire,
and yet it is right there...
The entry has been there for eternity.
The journey is always within...
How long I have searched for it ?
I have entered many times
lost my way back,
and returned again...
I have tasted being in the arms of the Beloved
spinning with the stars and galaxies
in eternal bliss and inner peace.

Just remember to find the Beloved.
Remember to find your way back.
Especially if you have been there before.
Nurtured in this precious connection of the heart.
Reflected in all and existing outside of time.
The Beloved is everywhere and in everything.
Just look with the depth of your eyes
from your infinite soul and you will see...
In a warm smile from a child,
in a heart shaped rock on your path
in the white clouds drifting above or
the tree bending in the wind.
Your Beloved beckons you
with Love and Grace.
Pause, breath in..
You are there..
Always and forever you are invited
to rest in the Arms of the Beloved.

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Eternal Beloved





I have no where to reach
only towards You
my eternal Beloved.
From you I came
and to You my soul yearns to return
To merge with your essence,  
which is love and bliss
Everything around me breathes temporarily
How can I hold on to what is transient
Only You are the forever
Only You are the source
Only You can refill my soul with new light
Only You can teach me about divine love
Bless me my dear love
I am your servant
And you my eternal Beloved

Sunday, July 24, 2011

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.






Monday, July 18, 2011

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.

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

On Love


Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself.
But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires:
To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night.
To know the pain of too much tenderness.
To be wounded by your own understanding of love;
And to bleed willingly and joyfully.
To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving;
To rest at the noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy;
To return home at eventide with gratitude;
And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips.

Kahlil Gibran on Love

Monday, July 11, 2011

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.

Sunday, July 10, 2011

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.