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01 August 2006

Rumi quote of the day: This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival: A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. →[More:] Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture, still, treat each guest honorably. He may be clearing you out for some new delight. The dark thought, the shame, the malice — meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in. Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.

post by: occhiblu at: 12:59 | 6 comments

Thank you.

posted by Miko 01 August | 13:06

Oh, I adore Rumi!

posted by Specklet 01 August | 13:07

I wrote a poem about Rumi once. Here is my favorite from him.

SOMEONE DIGGING IN THE GROUND

An eye is meant to see things.
The soul is here for its own joy.
A head has one use: for loving a true love.
Legs: to run after.

Love is for vanishing into the sky. The mind,
for learning what men have done and tried to do.
Mysteries are not to be solved. The eye goes blind
when it only wants to see why.

A lover is always accused of something.
But when he finds his love, whatever was lost
in the looking comes back completely changed.
On the way to Mecca, many dangers: thieves,
the blowing sand, only camel’s milk to drink.
Still each pilgrim kisses the black stone there
with pure longing, feeling in the surface
the taste of the lips he wants.

This talk is like stamping new coins. They pile up,
while the real work is done outside
by someone digging in the ground.

posted by sciurus 01 August | 13:15

That's wonderful too, sciurus.

posted by occhiblu 01 August | 13:27

By a nice coincidence, I am going tonight to hear these guys.

posted by JanetLand 01 August | 13:28

Wow, that's interesting, JanetLand.

posted by Miko 01 August | 13:36

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