Rima

He is The One who is,
Whose absence does not exist,
It is Him, I love and Him I praise.
It is His path that I have chosen,
It is to His path that I have turned my face,
Everybody has somebody whom he loves,
The One I love is the Eternal Beloved,
He is the One whom I love,

He is so radiant
And so worthy of respect,
Those who love Him,
Are the immortal lovers,
He is He,
He is also He,
They are also He,
This is a mystery,
If you possess Love,
you will understand this,
This is what the Maulanas understand,
For others it is forbidden.

Rima

In the Name of the Beloved,
All Love,
said the Beloved, The Lord of the Loved Ones,
The Merciful One, in His Love,
The Compassionate One, through His Love,
Master of the Day, of His Loved Ones,
We only love You,
And only You we beg for Your Love,
Place us in Your Sight, which is full of Your Love,
The place of Those, to whom You have given Your Love,
And please, give us not the place of those, who love in a different way,
Nor the place of those, who pretend to be Your beloved,
But who do not act in accordance with the Law of Your Love,
In the Name of the Beloved,
Say, Allah is The True Beloved,
He, is Eternal in Himself, sufficient in His Love,
He does not beget Love,
Nor has He been begotten out of Love,
And there is no love and no loved one,
Equal, To Allah,
The True Beloved,

Ronin

Can't stop addicted to the shin dig
Cop top he says I'm gonna win big
Choose not a life of imitation
Distant cousin to the reservation
Defunkt the pistol that you pay for
This punk the feeling that you stay for
In time I want to be your best friend
Eastside love is living on the westend
Knock out but boy you better come to
Don't die you know the truth is some do
Go write your message on the pavement
Burnin' so bright I wonder what the wave meant
White heat is screaming in the jungle
Complete the motion if you stumble
Go ask the dust for any answers
Come back strong with 50 belly dancers

The world I love
The tears I drop
To be part of
The wave can't stop
Ever wonder if it's all for you
The world I love
The trains I hop
To be part of
The wave can't stop
Come and tell me when it's time to

(Kiedis - Dervish)



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And this delightful herb whose tender green
Fledges the river's lip on which we lean-
Ah, lean upon it lightly! for who knows
From what once lovely lip it springs unseen!

(Omar Khayyam's Rubaiyat)

Rima

SUFISM:

Sufism is a way to God through love. What can be considered, to some extent, a general definition of Sufism is:

Sufism is a path towards the Truth where the provisions are Love. Its method is to look solely in one direction, and its objective is God.

The sufi is one who moves towards the Truth by means of Love and devotion.The practice of Sufism: the practice of Sufism is the intention to go towards the Truth, by means of love and devotion. This is called the Tariqat, the Spiritual Path or way towards God.

SAMA:

The musical and ecstatic aspect of Sufism is called Sama. The sufi, while being spiritually enraptured, gives the attention of his or her heart to the Beloved. With particular movements and often special and rhythmical music, he engages in the selfless remembrance of God. In this state, the sufi is a drunken lover who becomes unaware of everything but God. With all his faculties he is attentive to the Beloved, and he has totally given up and forgotten himself.



Tonight I am crazy,

crazy with desire for You.

The impassioned heart of mine

overflows with longing for You.

Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh

Rima

Every sort of praise marches on

behind the Light of God.

The praise of forms and persons

is all just gilt and fiction.



RUMI

livius drusus

Ronin dear, please tell me this verse isn't about what I think it's about.

Rima

Once the doors of the heart are open,

the feeling of humility awakens,

finding oneself face to face

with the Divine Presence,

the living God within.

Hazrat Inayat Khan

Rima

When thou art before me, my Beloved,

I rise upon wings

and my burden becometh light;

But when my little self riseth before my eyes,

I drop to the earth

and all its weight falleth upon me.


Hazrat Inayat Khan

Ronin

With them the Seed of Wisdom did I sow
And with my own hand labour'd it to grow:
And this was all the Harvest that I reap'd --
"I came like Water and like Wind I go."


(Omar Khayyam's Rubaiyat)

Castaway

The way of love is not
a subtle argument.

The door there
is devastation.

Birds make great sky-circles
of their freedom.
How do they learn it?

They fall, and falling,
they're given wings.

Jelaluddin Rumi