(09-07-2011, 01:11 PM)Confused Wrote:

(09-06-2011, 07:30 PM)haqiqu Wrote: Why not, then, let go?

I wish to let go,
let go of everything that holds me in chains.
My trials and tribulations,
the seven lethal traits of my human condition,
the pain and the confusion.
But how do I let go?
The masters say let go.
The gods say let go.
Fellow brothers and sisters say let go.
Even I say let go.
But let go of what?
It is still a different thing in this world,
between my stomach aching in hunger,
and your stomach aching in hunger.
As long as we do not feel each other in pain and joy,
letting go will not be an path that one can easily enjoy.
The pain of others is discussion,
but when it strikes me, it is personally equivalent to unbearable dissolution.
Then how will I let go?
The grandly constructed reality of shadows,
seeks its dues without remorse.
Why O why, O Gods, do you use me like a battle horse?
I am self-conscious.
Please allow me to let me go of that,
for only then can I really let go.

(09-07-2011, 07:50 PM)haqiqu Wrote: this is a nice poem, confused. it echos the pain we can experience when we try to look beyond the veil, so to speak. i learned from my studies in Sufism to let go of expectations and to let go of attachment to results. that was very freeing for me. so now i try not to expect a certain outcome from any situation and try not to be attached to any request or action of my own.

(09-07-2011, 09:28 PM)Confused Wrote:

(09-07-2011, 07:50 PM)haqiqu Wrote: this is a nice poem, confused. it echos the pain we can experience when we try to look beyond the veil, so to speak. i learned from my studies in Sufism to let go of expectations and to let go of attachment to results. that was very freeing for me. so now i try not to expect a certain outcome from any situation and try not to be attached to any request or action of my own.

Dear Haqiqu, thank you deeply, my sweet sister.

I just wish to state for the record that I take upon a line of lines from the poem of the previous contributor to just fuel and expand upon a thought. It is not a counterargument, though it may suddenly seem like that at first sight.

Thanks for keeping alive this beautiful thread, haqiqu. This thread speaks the language of the heart. Moreover, I perfectly agree with the lessons you learned from studies in the tradition of Sufism. Thank you for sharing, haqiqu

(09-08-2011, 03:00 AM)Meerie Wrote: And I feel like Alice in Wonderland
Tumbling down the rabbit hole
Well maybe that will be my role

(09-08-2011, 03:00 AM)Meerie Wrote: I took that as an invitation and continue like that:

Spirit whispers in my ear
Although I do not always hear
Because my mind likes to distract
Words tumbling down the cataract
Dissolving into the all there is
Like bubbles foaming in a breeze
And in the end it is what it is
No need to worry or say, “please
Release me from this thought disease”
Because they are a part of me
And valuable as can be
And now I am stuck and find no end
This poem has gotten out of my hand
And I feel like Alice in Wonderland
Tumbling down the rabbit hole
Well maybe that will be my role
So thanks for reading and be blessed
And since my personality is recessed
I will leave you now and let you rest

(09-08-2011, 12:02 PM)Confused Wrote: Such a very beautiful poem, Meerie. Reminded me of a very special person in my life.

(09-08-2011, 03:00 AM)Meerie Wrote: And I feel like Alice in Wonderland
Tumbling down the rabbit hole
Well maybe that will be my role

She too is like unto Alice,
a lady lost in her own sweetness.
One loved by all,
but who does not feel her own inner call.
She came into my life,
and made me feel alive.
We are separated by oceans and borders,
but deep within, I sense her pleasant odors.
What is this strange universal order,
that keeps two away,
in whose hearts mutual love holds sway?
Please, O heavens, conspire.
To help us fuse in a lifetime of desire.
She is Trinity,
who can give me the breath of life for eternity.
Please, my higher self, listen.
I have something to say to you.
Let me join my love,
by the mercy of Jove.
She is the streak of lightning,
amidst clouds of the gloaming.

(09-08-2011, 05:51 PM)haqiqu Wrote: i hope you can join with this special person soon Smile your verse tells us she is beautiful

(09-09-2011, 07:51 PM)haqiqu Wrote: For The Time Of Necessary Decision

The mind of time is hard to read.
We can never predict what it will bring,
Nor even from all that is already gone
Can we say what form it finally takes;
For time gathers its moments secretly.
Often we only know it's time to change
When a force has built inside the heart
That leaves us uneasy as we are.

Perhaps the work we do has lost its soul
Or the love where we once belonged
Calls nothing alive in us anymore.

We drift through this gray, increasing nowhere
Until we stand before a threshold we know
We have to cross to come alive once more.

May we have the courage to take the step
Into the unknown that beckons us;
Trust that a richer life awaits us there,
That we will lose nothing
But what has already died;
Feel the deeper knowing in us sure
Of all that is about to be born beyond
The pale frames where we stayed confined,
Not realizing how such vacant endurance
Was bleaching our soul's desire.

~ John O'Donohue ~


(To Bless the Space Between Us)

(09-14-2011, 09:24 AM)norral Wrote: if u love completely

all your wrinkles will go away


norral


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHekNnySAfM&feature=related


is thi love that im feeling

(09-15-2011, 01:30 PM)norral Wrote: when the light shines from within we truly become beautiful to others

(09-15-2011, 06:49 PM)Ruth Wrote: Today is my 59th birthday!