Posted in Sufi, favorite things on June 22, 2008 | No Comments »
“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
Posted in favorite things, poetry on January 15, 2008 | No Comments »
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
Posted in Dogen, favorite things, motherhood on September 20, 2007 | No Comments »
You should study not only that you become a mother when your child is born,
but also that you become a child.
Dogen
Posted in Hillel, favorite things on September 19, 2007 | No Comments »
“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
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 [...]
Posted in Islam, Sufi, favorite things on July 10, 2007 | No Comments »
Humility like the earth,
generosity like the river,
affection like the sun.
Khwaja Muinuddin Chishtiyya
Posted in Cesar Chavez, favorite things on July 1, 2007 | No Comments »
“It is possible to become discouraged about the injustice we see everywhere. But God did not promise us the world would be human and just. God gives us the gift of life and allows us to choose the way we will use our limited time on earth. It is an awesome responsibility.”
— César Chávez
Posted in Issa, favorite things, haiku, poetry on June 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
For Liz.
even in the thicket
beyond the bramble gate
a little chrysanthemum
Issa
Posted in favorite things, tao on May 21, 2007 | No Comments »
Use the light that is within you
to regain
your natural clearness of sight.
Lao-tzu
Posted in favorite things, poetry on April 25, 2007 | No Comments »
Although the wind
blows terribly here,
the moonlight also leaks
between the roofplanks
of this ruined house.
Izumi Shikibu translated by Jane Hirshfield
