{"id":1614,"date":"2008-03-27T07:42:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-27T07:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2008\/03\/where-everything-is-music\/"},"modified":"2011-11-01T15:13:58","modified_gmt":"2011-11-01T19:13:58","slug":"where-everything-is-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2008\/03\/where-everything-is-music.html","title":{"rendered":"Where Everything is Music"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"\"<\/a>
Don\u2019t worry about saving these songs!<\/span>
And if one of our instruments breaks,<\/span>
it doesn\u2019t matter.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

We have fallen into the place
where everything is music.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

The strumming and the flute notes
rise ito the atmosphere,<\/span>
and even if the whole world\u2019s harp<\/span>
should burnup, there will still be<\/span>
hidden instruments playing.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

So the candle flickers and goes out.
We have a piece of flint, an a spark.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

This singing art is sea foam.
The graceful movements come from a pearl<\/span>
<\/span>somewhere on the ocean floor.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Poems reach up like spindrift and the edge
of driftwood along the beach, wanting!<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

The derive
from a slow and powerful root<\/span>
that we can\u2019t see.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Stop the words now.
Open the window in the centre of your chest,<\/span>
and let the spirits fly in and out.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jelaluddin Rumi<\/a><\/p>\n

(and a large thank you to Anne)<\/p>\n

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