I came home after class and found this in a message from my mom....its a poem by Hafiz the 14th century sufi poet that is in the book of poems she bought for me, The Subject Tonight is Love:
THE PLACE WHERE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW
This place where you are right now
God circled on the map for you.
Wherever your eyes and arms and heart can move
Aganist the earth and sky,
The Beloved has bowed there-----
Our Beloved has bowed there knowing
You were coming.
I can tell you a priceless secret about
Your real worth, dear pilgrim
But any unkindness to yourself,
Any confusion about others,
Will keep one
From accepting the grace, the love,
The sublime freedom
Divine knowledge always offers to you
Never mind, Hafiz about
The great requirements this path demands
Of the wayfarers,
For your soul is too full of wine tonight
To withhold the wondrous Truth from this world.
But because I am so cleaver and generous,
I have already clearly woven a resplendent lock
Of His tresses
As a remarkable truth and gift
In this poem for you.
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Then I found this on the internet thought it posed some interesting questions...
http://www.oriahmountaindreamer.com/pdfs/aug.pdf
1 comment:
beautiful and timely!
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