My dusty body

My dusty body

Is heaven´s light;

Angels are jealous

To watch my flight.

Cherubim envy

My purity;

Before my valour

All demons flee.

-Rumi

I AM A SCULPTOR

I am a sculptor, a molder of form.

In every moment I shape an idol.

But then, in front of you, I melt them down

I can rouse a hundred forms

and fill them with spirit,

but when I look into your face,

I want to throw them in the fire.

My souls spills into yours and is blended.

Because my soul has absorbed your fragrance,

I cherish it.

Every drop of blood I spill

informs the earth,

I merge with my Beloved

when I participate in love.

In this house of mud and water,

my heart has fallen to ruins.

Enter this house, my Love, or let me leave.

-Rumi

An eye is meant to see things

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.
Feet: To chase 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.

                                                                      -Rumi

Appear as you are...

Be like the sun for grace and mercy.

Be like the night to cover others' faults.

Be like running water for generosity.

Be like death for rage and anger.

Be like the Earth for modesty.

Appear as you are. Be as you appear.

Rumi

Holy Qur'an

From surah 51 Adh-Dhāriyāt (The Winnowing Winds)

[51:20] And on the earth are signs for the certain [in faith]
[51:21] And in yourselves. Then will you not see?
[51:22] And in the heaven is your provision and whatever you are promised.
[51:23] Then by the Lord of the heaven and earth, indeed, it is truth - just as [sure as] it is that you are speaking.

http://quran.com/51

Oh Beloved...

Oh Beloved,
take me.

Liberate my soul.
Fill me with your love and
release me from the two worlds.

If I set my heart on anything but you
let fire burn me from inside.

Oh Beloved,

Take away what I want.
Take away what I do.
Take away what I need.
Take away everything
that takes me from you.

                                               -Rumi

In memory of Imam Hossein