night rain
I snuggle deeper
into the sound
Jean Rasey
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my favorite haiku
Posted in Jean Rasey, favorite things, haiku on September 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
pond frog
Posted in Sufi, favorite things on August 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
You may have heard the Sufi story about an Ocean-Frog who comes to visit a pond-frog, whose pond is three feet by four feet by two feet deep. The pond-frog is very eager and proud to show off the dimensions of his habitat, which in the story signify the limits of mind and desire. He [...]
“And with the earth…”
Posted in favorite things, poetry on August 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“And With the earth my heart is glad
I move as one of old
With mists of silver I am clad
And bright with burning gold.”
A.E. (George Russell)
quoted in A Handmade Life by W.M.S. Coperthwaite
Little by little……..
Posted in Rumi, favorite things, poetry on July 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Little by little wean yourself.
This is the gist of what I have to say.
From an embryo, whose nourishment comes in the blood,
move to an infant drinking milk,
to a child on solid food,
to a searcher after wisdom,
to a hunter of more invisible game.
–Rumi
water of life
Posted in Sufi, favorite things on June 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“It is a patient pursuit to bring water from the depth of the ground; one has to deal with much mud in digging before one reaches the water of life.”
Hazrat Inayat Khan
I am not I…
Posted in favorite things, poetry on January 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am not I.
I am this one
walking beside me whom I do not see,
whom at time I manage to visit,
and whom at other times I forget;
who remains calm and silent while I talk,
and forgives, gently, when I hate,
who walks where I am not,
who will remain standing when I die.
Juan Ramon Jimenez
a child……
Posted in Dogen, favorite things, motherhood on September 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
You should study not only that you become a mother when your child is born,
but also that you become a child.
Dogen
“And if I am only for myself…”
Posted in Hillel, favorite things on September 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“If I am not for myself, then who will be for me?
And if I am only for myself, then what am I?
And if not now, when?”
Rabbi Hillel
my task…
Posted in culture of peace, favorite things, peace on September 14, 2007 | 2 Comments »
In adolescence I aimed to change the world — to right the wrongs of humanity on a global scale. I envisioned an end to war, oppression, injustice, and strife.
Soon I realized that I would have to change my own community first. Only after succeeding here, could I hope to impact upon the world. So I [...]
“Humility like the earth…”
Posted in Islam, Sufi, favorite things on July 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Humility like the earth,
generosity like the river,
affection like the sun.
Khwaja Muinuddin Chishtiyya
