In a Previous Post entitled “Become What You Are“, two readers left some comments that remind me of a quote I wanted to post here. I remember reading in a book about sufism that this path was an effortless path. We have to let all pretence of what we want to happen go so what…
Daily Archives: March 29, 2011
A Rumi Poem Sufi Masters for my friend Fatima!
Sufi masters are those whose spirits existed before the world. Before the body, they lived many lifetimes. Before seeds went into the ground, they harvested wheat. Before there was an ocean, they strung pearls. While the great meeting was going on about bringing human beings into existence, they stood up to their chins in wisdom…
A Myth from Central Asia – excerpt from A Story Waiting to Pierce you by Peter Kingsley
There is an ancient myth from Central Asia that describes how civilisations are born. It was known to the early Avars; to the distant ancestor of Tibetans as well as the Mongols. This is the myth of the impenetrable mountains. The people are completely stuck, corned , hemmed in, the path ahead blocked by insurmountable…
My Bestower of Light
I have departed at last from the land of “I and you” and now sit awaiting a side long glance from the Friend A lifetime I have spoken solely to tell Love’s tale never disturbing so much as an ant in anger Having gone through the book of time and space I am left distressed…
