Today’s Quote by Ray Bradbury on Writing
“We never sit anything out. We are cups, quietly and constantly being filled. The trick is knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out.”
― Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing
Drunk on the Wine of the Beloved ~ Poem by Hafiz
Drunk on the Wine of the Beloved
A Poem by Hafiz
The beauty of this poem is beyond words.
Do you need a guide to experience the heat of the sun?
Blessed is the brush of the painter who paints
Such beautiful pictures for his virgin bride.
Look at this beauty. There is no reason for what you see.
Experience its grace. Even in nature there is nothing so fine.
Either this poem is a miracle, or some sort of magic trick.
Guided either by Gabriel or the Invisible Voice, inside.
No one, not even Hafiz, can describe with words the Great Mystery.
No one knows in which shell the priceless pearl does hide.
Alone Looking at the Mountain ~ Poem by Li Po
Alone Looking at the Mountain
By Li Po
All the birds have flown up and gone;
A lonely cloud floats leisurely by.
We never tire of looking at each other –
Only the mountain and I.
Today’s Quote by Emerson
Today’s Quote by Emerson
We become what we think about all day long. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is a Candle in Your Heart – Poem by Rumi
There is a Candle in Your Heart
by Rumi
There is a candle in your heart,
ready to be kindled.
There is a void in your soul,
ready to be filled.
You feel it, don’t you?
You feel the separation
from the Beloved.
Invite Him to fill you up,
embrace the fire.
Remind those who tell you otherwise that
Love
comes to you of its own accord,
and the yearning for it
cannot be learned in any school.
Today’s Quote by Verde
Today’s Quote
It may be a good thing to copy reality, but to invent reality is much, much better, ~ Verde
Today’s Quote by Bruce Spring
Today’s Quote
A time comes when you need to stop waiting for the man you want to become and start being the man you want to be. ~ Bruce Springsteen
Who Can Make The Muddy Waters Clear – by Lao Tzu
Who Can Make the Muddy Waters Clear
by Lao Tzu
The skilful masters (of the Tao) in old times, with a subtle
and exquisite penetration, comprehended its mysteries, and were deep
(also) so as to elude men’s knowledge. As they were thus beyond men’s
knowledge, I will make an effort to describe of what sort they
appeared to be.
Shrinking looked they like those who wade through a stream in
winter; irresolute like those who are afraid of all around them; grave
like a guest (in awe of his host); evanescent like ice that is melting
away; unpretentious like wood that has not been fashioned into
anything; vacant like a valley, and dull like muddy water.
Who can (make) the muddy water (clear)? Let it be still, and it
will gradually become clear. Who can secure the condition of rest?
Let movement go on, and the condition of rest will gradually arise.
They who preserve this method of the Tao do not wish to be full (of
themselves). It is through their not being full of themselves that
they can afford to seem worn and not appear new and complete.
Forgiveness ~ Poem by Sri Chinmoy
Forgiveness by Sri Chinmoy
If I cannot forgive myself
For all the blunders
That I have made
Over the years,
Then how can I proceed?
How can I ever
Dream perfection-dreams?
Move, I must, forward.
Fly, I must, upward.
Dive, I must, inward,
To be once more
What I truly am
And shall forever remain.
Today’s Quote by Bob Marley
Today’s Quote
You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice. ~ Bob Marley
