Topic: Saints and Mystics

[nichi]

Say I Am You

”I am dust particles in sunlight.
I am the round sun.
 
To the  bits of dust I say, *Stay*.
To the sun, *Keep moving*.
 
I am morning mist,
and the breathing of evening.

I am wind in the top of a grove,
and surf on the cliff.
 
Mast, rudder, helmsman, and keel,
I am also the coral reef they founder on.
 
I am a tree with a trained parrot in its branches.
Silence, thought, and voice.
 
The musical air coming through a flute,
a spark of stone, a flickering
in metal. Both candle
and the moth crazy around it.

Rose, and the nightingale
lost in the fragrance.
 
I am all orders of being, the circling galaxy,
the evolutionary intelligence, the lift,

and the falling away. What is,

and what isn't. You who know,

Jelaluddin, You the one
in all, say who
I am.  Say I
am you.”



'The Essential Rumi'
Coleman Barks  / John Moyne

[nichi]

A Great Yogi


In my travels I spent time with a great yogi.
Once he said to me,

“Become so still you hear the blood flowing
  through your veins.”

One night as I sat in quiet,
I seemed on the verge of entering a world inside so vast

I know it is the source of 
all of
us.


~Mirabai~

[Michael]

I've been reading some of these out to julie, it is a wonderful thread of pearls vicky - the sort of place one would love to wander into when tripping.

[nichi]

Oh good, M!
I've been concerned at times that there are too many, but glad you all are enjoying. There were so many wonderful things written -- so much more to unearth and share!

[nichi]

When the Day came --
The Day I had lived and died for --
The Day that is not in any calendar --
Clouds heavy with love
Showered me with wild abundance.
Inside me, my soul was drenched.
Around me, even the desert grew green.

~Kabir

Perfume of the Desert: Inspirations from the Sufi Wisdom
Andrew Harvey / Eryk Hanut

[nichi]

        I do not know myself,
        nor you, my Lord.

        I mistook the body
        for my identity.
       
        I didn't know
        that you are
        me, and I you,

        yet still I keep wondering
        who you and I are.

                  - Lalla -

[nichi]

       
        What makes God laugh?
        When a doctor tells his patient: "I cured you."

        How do you make God laugh?
        Tell him your plans.

        How do you make God laugh?
        Say:  "This is mine." 


~Unknown

[nichi]

       Let them throw their curses.
       If inside, I am connected
       to what's true, my soul
       stays quiet and clear.

       Do you think Shiva worries
       what people say!

       If a few ashes fall on a mirror,
       use them to polish it.

               - Lalla -

[nichi]

       Ram Tzu knows this…

        You are caught
        In a web of beliefs
        You spin them from
        Your own abdomen.
        They are made from
        The substance of your self.

        You believe in
        Your own power.

        You consider yourself
        The Source.
        Even though
        When under duress
        You pay lip service
        To an all powerful God.

        You believe in
        The supremacy of techinque.

        You are convinced that if
        You can but manage...

        Your mind
        Your money
        Your time
        Your breath
        Your energy
        Your body
        Your faith
        Your relationships
        Your prayers

        You will unlock the door
        To happiness, peace and contentment.

        Guess again.

                               - Ram Tzu

[daphne]

       Ram Tzu knows this…

        You are caught
        In a web of beliefs
        You spin them from
        Your own abdomen.
        They are made from
        The substance of your self.

        You believe in
        Your own power.

        You consider yourself
        The Source.
        Even though
        When under duress
        You pay lip service
        To an all powerful God.

        You believe in
        The supremacy of techinque.

        You are convinced that if
        You can but manage...

        Your mind
        Your money
        Your time
        Your breath
        Your energy
        Your body
        Your faith
        Your relationships
        Your prayers

        You will unlock the door
        To happiness, peace and contentment.

        Guess again.

                               - Ram Tzu

heh.. I like this one!!   

[nichi]

heheh ... I like reading all the brutalities from Ram Tzu!

here's one of his gentler ones..

First

You use your mind as
The ultimate jigsaw.
You take Totality
And cut it up
Into a million tiny pieces.

Then

Having tired of that game,
You sit down and try to
Reassemble this jumble of pieces
Into something comprehensible.

Ram Tzu knows

God invented time
Just so you could do this.

- Ram Tzu

[daphne]

Ram Tzu knows this...

Every time
You find an answer,
The question
No longer seems important.

~Ram Tzu

 

[nichi]

Good one!!

[niamhspark]

Aye Ram Tzu!!! How true it is!

[nichi]

The Heat of Midnight Tears

Listen, my friend, this road is the heart opening,
Kissing his feet, resistance broken, tears all night.

If we could reach the Lord through immersion in water,
I would have asked to be born a fish in this life.
If we could reach Him through nothing but berries and wild nuts,
Then surely the saints would have been monkeys when they came from the womb!
If we could reach him by munching lettuce and dry leaves,
Then the goats would surely go to the Holy One before us!

If the worship of stone statues could bring us all the way,
I would have adored a granite mountain years ago.

Mirabai says: The heat of midnight tears will bring you to God.

~Mirabai~