Comments on: Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi - No end to the journey

By: The better Death « Marina Kim – personal

The better Death « Marina Kim – personal — Tue, 19 May 2009 08:18:04 +0000

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By: aparna

aparna — Tue, 19 May 2009 05:28:58 +0000

Wow!! Ivan,
(i think my face’s gonna freeze one day, of saying a thousand “Wow”s!!
This time it’s the picture, besides the poem.

WHAT, A MARVELOUS DESCRIPTION ,… the colours, the ancient ancient doorways, ( i think i just sit there in the staircase, my head resting against the wall, straining my neck, looking up at the sky. While all i need to do is get up, ‘…. escape’!!)

I love the humble bougainvillea, quietly resting in a corner, making this existence worthwhile.!!

Beautiful!!!

By: Seema T.Khan

Seema T.Khan — Tue, 19 May 2009 04:36:28 +0000

Thank you Ivan for your comments - its beautiful. Here I would like to share another poem by Rumi on oneness, which has touched me profoundly, may 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 is to be a thin crescent moon.
You and I unselfed, will be together,
indifferent to idle speculation, you and I.
The parrots of heaven will be cracking sugar
as we laugh together, you and I.
In one form upon this earth,
and in another form in a timeless sweet land.

Kulliyat-e Shams, 2114

By: Smita Nirula

Smita Nirula — Mon, 18 May 2009 23:16:55 +0000

Kabir says much the same thing, when he says (I remember and translate loosely) “When I was there, there was no Hari. Now Hari is here and I am not”. A spiritual death of the `I’ factor is very necessary for the vastness of Self to enter.

Thank you.

By: Barbara Smith Stoff

Barbara Smith Stoff — Mon, 18 May 2009 22:08:01 +0000

yes…”the other side” is always here…within.

By: Barbara Smith Stoff

Barbara Smith Stoff — Mon, 18 May 2009 22:06:47 +0000

Nisargadata!…Yes, I must locate my much falling apart volume, mislaid through house moves!….He has been a great help to me. This must be a reminder to me too…on a day in which I have been in need of reminders…or perhaps more receptive of reminders. ~b

By: Letitiaheart

Letitiaheart — Mon, 18 May 2009 22:00:25 +0000

I love this one! The “other side” is already here within. Love is the only key you need., ~ Letitia

By: kirk crist

kirk crist — Mon, 18 May 2009 18:47:14 +0000

this poem and nisargadata lead one to none which is all

By: Jim Atwell

Jim Atwell — Mon, 18 May 2009 17:54:01 +0000

The journey to Love is not a one way street.
Make a You Turn into Love
And enjoy the trip.
Reservations are not required.
Walk slowly, you have already arrived.

Much Love
Jim Atwell

By: Barbara Smith Stoff

Barbara Smith Stoff — Mon, 18 May 2009 17:42:54 +0000

Reading this poem, I am remember a personal experience some fifteen years ago…an experience I go back to when I need some spiritual vitamins. I was feeling ill…thought I might actually be ‘dying’. alone, and I did not want to go out into a fear place..so just lying there, I began to repeat a mantra, “There is only love. Only love is real.” After a while, the mantra began to breathe through me…”I am this love.” Again, I thought I might be leaving my body, so I said, “Yes, but I want to keep my body.” After a bit, I “came back” into a great feeling of connection with my physical space and with such radiance of love and bliss…a state which lasted even into and through the following day when I got up and went to work as usual.

Also…I remember hearing Robert Bly read from his lovely translations of Rumi and others….Thank you, Ivan.

Barbara Smith Stoff