Hello Rumi Tuesday! We Are From Nowhere…

Hello Rumi Tuesday! We Are From Nowhere… January 24, 2017

Hello Rumi Tuesday

 

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We are from above, and up we’ll go.
We come from the sea, we’ll go to the sea.
We are not from here or from there.
We are from nowhere, to nowhere we’ll go.
We are Noah’s ark in the deluge of the soul.
Therefore, like a ship we’ll go without arms and legs.
Like a wave, we grow out of ourselves and
again we feast our eyes by immersing into ourselves.
The way to Truth is as narrow as the eye of a needle.
We slip through alone like a single thread.
You have read: “We return to Him.”
So you know where it is we are going.
Our star is not found in this universe.
We are bound to venture past the Milky Way.
O Words, stop. Do not come with us.
We are leaving even ourselves behind.
O Mountain of self-existence, stay out of the way.
We are on our way to Mount Qaf and the Anqa.

 
 

~ Jalal id-din Rumi,
translated by Dr. Iraj Anvar

 

 

The following was written by a participant in the online course, Poetry of the Sufi Mystics: Awaken Your Heart through the Language of Love. Benjamin said it was inspired by the great mystic poets and wisdom writers, but comes mainly from direct experience and knowing, al-hamdulillah. Brother, we are blessed by your creativity and generosity.

 

You are one little whirlpool
spinning out behind the oars of existence–

One brief vortex of delusion and identity,
soon to flatten out to the point

Where even an idea is not your property,
but rather a tiny square of cloth

Cut plainly by The Weaver of Intelligence.

 
With enough of those you could fashion a quilt
large enough to cover your entire shivering body. Imagine!

 

~ Benjamin B., participant in the course,
Poetry of the Sufi Mystics: Awaken Your Heart through the Language of Love.

 
 
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Seagull on the Shore | Debra Graugnard
 

 
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