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Rumi Sufi Poetry – The Body is Like Mary

Date: September 29, 2017 7:01 am Published By: The Body is Like Mary The body is like Mary, and each of us has a Jesus inside. Who is not in labour, holy labour? Every creature is. See the value of true art, when the earth or a soul is in the mood to create beauty; for the witness might then for a moment… View Article

Original Sufi Poetry – Meeting the Prophet

Date: February 16, 2017 9:58 pm Published By: Meeting the Prophet Hassan bin Thabit, a companion of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said that when he first saw the Prophet, he needed to shield his eyes from his light. He then wrote the following poem:- When I beheld his lights shining out, I placed in awe my hand before my… View Article

Rumi Sufi Poetry – One Song

Date: December 22, 2016 10:31 pm Published By: One Song All religions, all this singing, is one song. The differences are just illusion and vanity. The sun’s light looks a little different on this wall than it does on that wall, and a lot different on this other one, but it’s still the same light. We have borrowed these clothes, these time and… View Article

Rabia Sufi Poetry – In My Soul

Date: September 22, 2016 10:30 pm Published By: In My Soul In my soul there is a temple, a shrine, a mosque, a church where I kneel. Prayer should bring us to an alter where no walls or names exist. Is there not a region of love where the sovereignty is illumined nothing, where ecstacy gets poured into itself and becomes lost, where… View Article

Hafiz Sufi Poetry – In a Handful of God

Date: August 18, 2016 9:51 pm Published By: In a Handful of God Poetry reveals that there is no empty space. When your truth forsakes its shyness, When your fears surrender to your strengths, You will begin to experience That all existence Is a teeming sea of infinite life. In a handful of ocean water You could not count all the finely tuned… View Article

Rumi Sufi Poetry – You and I

Date: June 20, 2016 10:06 am Published By: You and I A moment of happiness, You and I sitting on the verandah, Apparently two, but one in soul, you and I. We feel the flowing water of life here, you and I, with the garden’s beauty and the birds singing. The stars will be watching us, and we will show them what it… View Article