A golden compass

I am a Golden Compass--
watch me whirl.

To the east and to the west
to the north and to the south,
in all directions I will true course
toward laughter and unity.

To everywhere I will deliver enlightenment
on the back of camels, birds
and strong pilgrims.

Into every country
I will carry the Holy Names and dance,
and dance.

I am a Golden Compass--
watch me sing and spin
illustrious strands of lyrics and truth.

I am a Divine Agent.
Your passage to light, your ticket,
may need my stamp.

My feet and verse are now ecstatic
and midair;
just place yourself beneath our leaping arch--
we will sweetly rain upon you.

Watch me whirl into nothingness
your fears and darkness--
just keep tossing them onto my golden plate.

I am a Holy Instrument always tuned by God.
I live beyond every dimension.

I have been lifted drunk off the floor
in a Magnificent Tavern.

Now at my seat upon Divine Love
I gaze at Everything with brilliant, clear eyes.

I can so easily lean my cheek across this small table
of time and space

And let you touch my beautiful laughing
wooly beard.

Hafiz is an Emerald Compass.
My knowledge will put manna in your purse.

My only duty that now remains
to this world
is from every direction
to forever serve you wine and 
hope.

Hafiz is a Golden Skirt
the Beloved has lifted off a magnificent floor
and has tied around His waist.

Watch us whirl, whirl,
whirl!

                        Hafiz

Do You Know What You Are ?

Do you know what you are ?

You are a manuscript of a divine letter.

You are a letter reflecting a noble face.

This Universe is not outside of you.

Look inside yourself,

everything that you want,

you are already that. 

Rumi

Close Your Eyes

Some Love Quotes from Rumi

"Close your eyes, fall in love, stay there."

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"I’ve been looking for a long, long time,
for this thing called love,
I’ve ridden comets across the sky,
and I’ve looked below and above.
Then one day I looked inside myself,
and this is what I found,
A golden sun residing there,
beaming forth God’s light and sound."

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"In fact, my soul and yours are the same. You appear in me, I appear in you. We hide in each other."

I Come Home

I come home from the soaring

in which I lost myself

I was song, and the refrain which is God

is still roaring in my ears.

Now I am still

and plain;

no more words.

To the others I was like the wind:

I made them shake.

I'd gone very far, as far as the angels,

and high, where light thins into nothing.
But deep in the darkness is God ..

By Rainer Maria Rilke

Turning Weakness into A gift

Our greatest weakness points to a hidden potential for transformation and achieving its opposite; where there is fear, may be courage...where the heart is closed, a deep capacity to love...where there might be ignorance, lies true wisdom…. Through the recognizing of a weakness a desire is born. It is like an impulse from the soul, urging the machine to look for solutions to seek guidance, to be shaped by the friction…

Until finally, through one’s own efforts and some higher third force, we can claim that the weakness has become an offering to the gods.

I live my Life in Widening Circles

I live my life in widening circles

that reach out across the world.

I may not complete this last one

but I give myself to it.

I circle around God, around the primordial tower.

I've been circling for thousands of years

and I still don't know: am I a falcon,

a storm, or a great song?

~ Ranier Maria Rilke ~

God's Kite

Today I had a vision of our souls connected to a colorful kite in God's possession.

God was happy with us and decided to take us out to the beach. 

He ran with the kite laughing, as we swirled and swayed in the wind.

We rose high and dipped towards the water in a spiraling dance in the sky.  

We received many lovely kisses from the sun 

and winks of knowing from the seagulls. 

They too have been a part of this ritual with God for eons. 

We shared in this Joy and our souls formed a rainbow of colors on the kite's sail.

God was so pleased, He showered us with his adoration.

I said to God, You are so generous and kind.

What can I offer You for this glorious day at the beach ?

and He said, just remember Me and smile.

Everything is Now

"Everything is Now.

As there are billions of stars 

There are billions of steps. 

As there are billions of souls, 

There are billions of ways to grow.

Don’t mind the destination, 

Don’t mind the end. 

Don’t mind the good or bad

or right and wrong.

Grow from the past,

But grab hold of now. 

Now is always evolving."

--Rumi

Tell Me, O Love

Tell me, O Love,
Who is more elegant,
You or this vast garden of yours?

Shine, O moon,

You are an inspiration
to all who look upon the night sky.

You place doors in the sky.
You place wings on the human heart.
You enchant every mind
and bewilder both worlds.

O Beloved,
yours is the pleasure of this world
and the way to the next.

~ Rumi

Stay Close My Heart

STAY CLOSE, MY HEART

Rumi

Stay close, my heart, to the one who knows your ways;

Come into the shade of the tree that always has fresh flowers.

Don't stroll idly through the bazaar of the perfume-markers:

Stay in the shop of the sugar-seller.

If you don't find true balance, anyone can deceive you;

Anyone can trick out of a thing of straw,

And make you take it for gold

Don't squat with a bowl before every boiling pot;

In each pot on the fire you find very different things.

Not all sugarcanes have sugar, not all abysses a peak;

Not all eyes possess vision, not every sea is full of pearls.

O nightingale, with your voice of dark honey! Go on lamenting!

Only your drunken ecstasy can pierce the rock's hard heart!

Surrender yourself, and if you cannot be welcomed by the Friend,

Know that you are rebelling inwardly like a thread

That doesn't want to go through the needle's eye!

The awakened heart is a lamp; protect it by the hem of your robe!

Hurry and get out of this wind, for the weather is bad.

And when you've left this storm, you will come to a fountain;

You'll find a Friend there who will always nourish your soul.

And with your soul always green, you'll grow into a tall tree

Flowering always with sweet light-fruit, whose growth is interior.