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the sea of forgetfulness plunge yourself into these warm waters where all mistakes yours and mine are honored as the path of evolving souls trembling hearts are forever soothed here minds and bodies restored to its original perfection drink from its ancient wisdom let her sweep you into her tide pulling you in deep, then [...]

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Vertigo

Really only Rumi could say so much in so few words …   Image Locale   And this is love— The vertigo of Heaven Beyond the cage of words, Suddenly to be naked In the searchlight of truth . . . ~Rumi~ Music of the Sky: An Anthology of Spiritual Poetry

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One of my favorite posts here because it’s a true story of fear that was transformed with a Mother’s love and the Universe’s good grace in very real and tangible ways.  If I have a “manifestation” story to tell, when I’m older, this one would be it.  I’ve updated it a bit to bring it [...]

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Love is a commonly used word, so frequently do we hear it that it’s become both under valued and over valued.  Over valued in it’s fickleness and under valued for the unexamined depth of what it really means.  I’ve sought to discover its true meaning.  It’s been a life long question and the answers change [...]

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Image by Rassouli Come close to me, I will whisper in your ear Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes around in another form. For there is so much More to this life Than you now understand Observe the wonders as they occur around you Don’t claim them. Feel the artistry moving through, and be silent [...]

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Today I’ve been asking myself this question: What would wholeness say? I love asking the question; it seems to prompt a feeling of slipping my arms into the sleeves and cloak of wholeness.   Wholeness spoke quietly and tenderly just a few things to me – You are a blessed being. You are perfect just as [...]

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Image Locale The other day I was perusing my online bank statement.  There were a series of three debits made on my account.  All on the same day to the same corporation in two different locations in Pennsylvania.  While I have family in Pennsylvania, on the day in question, March 27th, I was here in [...]

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Image Locale I saw Alice in Wonderland this past weekend and just loved it.  I decided I rather fancy the idea of thinking of 6 impossible things before breakfast.  It doesn’t have to be before breakfast though it could be before bed.  I do love having vivid dreams and I go to some pretty outlandish [...]

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Wonderer

There are several translations of this Rumi poem.  This version is the one sung in this particular youtube video.  Listen to this and you will know the song by heart and maybe you will find yourself singing or humming it during the day and remembering, most of all, that it doesn’t matter if you’ve broken [...]

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Image Locale Here is another “found” poem I have created.  This time I’ve brought Rumi and Rilke together.  No small task!  Great poets they were but not contemporaries as are Mary Oliver and Wendell Berry in my previous found poem.  This particular found poem starts with two lines from a Rumi poem and then alternates [...]

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