"The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don't go back to sleep." ~ #Rumi
#rumi
ever present now
Hopinow
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best you have ever DONE! behind all ideas of right doing and wrong thinking, there lies a field, i will meet you there. #Rumi. that field is #infinite #awareness or #timeless #Now.
Rumi, a 13th century Persian spiritual teacher, was asked:
What is spiritual maturity?
- It's when we stop trying to change others and focus on changing ourselves.
- It is when we accept people as they are.
- It is when we understand that everyone is correct according to their own perspective.
- It is when we learn to "let go".
- It is when we are able to not have "expectations" in a relationship, and we give of ourselves for the pleasure of giving.
- It is when we understand that what we do, we do for our own peace.
- It's when we stop showing the world how smart we are.
- It's when we stop seeking approval from others.
- It's when we stop comparing ourselves to others.
- It is when we are at peace with ourselves.
- It is when we are able to distinguish between "need" and "want" and we are able to let go of that want.
- Spiritual maturity is gained when we stop attaching "happiness" to material things!
#rumi #quotes #spirituality #maturity #perspective #attachment #freedom #peace #spiritual #wisdom
Do not
try to quiet
your mind
Let it run free
The key is
don’t follow it
The mind is the
horse out of the barn
Go ahead
Let it run free
Stay right
where you are
Look at a star
You’re a
part of them
in a certain way
Take for instance the
elements in The Milky Way
Like
the horse,
let your mind
keep running free,
deep, so deep, far
off into infinite Sky
The key is
don’t follow it
instead merge your
mind with “Original I”
Now focus
on the space inside
Between the
thoughts in your mind
This is where
your freedom dwells
Not in distant
heavens or hells
Right here in the
calm peacefulness
between all thoughts
in this tranquil space
Abide right here
In this idyllic place
Ensconce
yourself there
Bunker down Now
This is the
humble abode of the
hidden mysterious Tao
Flowing
in Equanimity
This my friend
is truly Reality
Everything else
is but an illusion,
an ephemeral dream
It will seem
like deja vu
Reality will come
rushing in on you
This is when life opens
up to limitless possibilities
Unlimited opportunities
You
can choose
anything at all
Follow
your heart
You’ll rise and fall
Then
get up and
continue on
to fulfill your
wildest dreams
whatever they may be
As Bob Dylan sang:
“Why it’s so unique
to be among the
loving people living free”
You’re so
unequaled
Free and alive
Yet
that’s not
nearly enough,
The secret is to
continually thrive
Gulp in the
entire universe
“One love, one heart”
Bob Marley’s Reggae verse
That’s the
horse that’s free
It runs for you and me
“One love, one heart”
It’s inside all of us
Your love, our love
We’ve never been apart
“One love, one heart”
The answers
never out there
Chasing thoughts
running in your mind
It’s creations greatest art
The lights on in your heart
In the
darkest of darkness
Your light will set you apart
Just be your
true authentic self
Nothing more nothing less
Truth
Yes Truth
Nothing more
Nothing less
That’s
the greatest
sign of success
epc 1956-♾
Imagine quote: #Rumi
David Darling, Coleman Barks, & Ty Burhoe perform "Bach Vocalese"
#live #performance #David-Darling #Coleman-Barks #Ty-Burhoe #Rumi
Salvador Dali ~ Young Girl Standing at the Window 1925
'Listen to silence. It has so much to say.'
#salvadordali #younggirlstandingatthewindow #1925 #art #oil-on-paper #classical #realism #painting #rumi #silence #quote
https://youtube.com/watch?v=iauAnH6E6ho
#spiritual #music
The Reed Flute’s Song
Listen to the story told by the reed,
of being separated.
“Since I was cut from the reedbed,
I have made this crying sound.
Anyone apart from someone he loves
understands what I say.
Anyone pulled from a source
longs to go back.
At any gathering I am there,
mingling in the laughing and grieving,
a friend to each, but few
will hear the secrets hidden
within the notes. No ears for that.
Body flowing out of spirit,
spirit up from body: no concealing
that mixing. But it’s not given us
to see the soul. The reed flute
is fire, not wind. Be that empty.”
Hear the love fire tangled
in the reed notes, as bewilderment
melts into wine. The reed is a friend
to all who want the fabric torn
and drawn away. The reed is hurt
and salve combining. Intimacy
and longing for intimacy, one
song. A disastrous surrender
and a fine love, together. The one
who secretly hears this is senseless.
A tongue has one customer, the ear.
A sugarcane flute has such effect
because it was able to make sugar
in the reedbed. The sound it makes
is for everyone. Days full of wanting,
let them go by without worrying
that they do. Stay where you are
inside such a pure, hollow note.
Every thirst gets satisfied except
that of these fish, the mystics,
who swim a vast ocean of grace
still somehow longing for it!
No one lives in that without
being nourished every day.
But if someone doesn’t want to hear
the song of the reed flute,
it’s best to cut conversation
short, say good-bye, and leave.
~ #Rumi
