While there is still time

  I felt in need of a great pilgrimage. So I sat still for three days and God came to me. Kabir, in ' Love Poems from God, Twelve S...

The clear bead at the center changes everything. There are no edges to my loving now. You've heard it said there's a window that op...

"Ali said: None may arrive at the Truth until he is able to think that the Path itself may be wrong." 'Thinkers of the East, ...

When The Wind Takes A Tree In Its Arms Hafiz Three-quarters of the world dances all night, the waves moving as they do on the seas. And whe...

Today, like every other day, we wake up empty and frightened. Don't open the door to the study and begin reading. Take down a musical i...

"To possess anything means to be possessed by it - the world enthralls those who possess some of its goods, whereas "the true faq...

"What is Sufism? He (Rumi) said: "To find joy in the heart when grief comes." Page 17, 'Mystical Dimensions of Islam...

On a day when the wind is perfect, the sail just needs to open and the world is full of beauty. Today is such a day. My eyes are like...

The Illness of Ego Jelaluddin Rumi If you don't want your friend of today to be unfriendly tomorrow, choose fri...

"At the time (in my youth), I was seeking out late afternoons, drab outskirts, and unhappiness; now I seek mornin...

If your eyes are not deceived by the mirage do not be proud of the sharpness of your understanding. It may be your freedom from this optica...

This is now.  Now is, all there is.  Don't wait for Then; strike the spark, light the fire. Sit at the Beloved's table, ...

All the Hemispheres Leave the familiar for a while. Let your senses and bodies stretch out Like a welcomed season Onto the meadow and ...

Chanced upon Rumi again.. Fish don't hold the sacred liquid in cups, they swim the huge fluid freedom. * * * * * * * I died as a...

"Ali said: None may arrive at the Truth until he is able to think that the Path itself may be wrong." from 'Thinkers of...

"Relating happiness and fulfillment to a process of alchemical transmutation of the human mind, Ghazali gives a story of Bayazid, one o...

"........We stopped at a little monastery occupied by dervishes who danced every Friday. The arched doorway was green and had an op...

The Five Hundred Gold Pieces One of Junaid's followers came to him with a purse containing five hundred gold pieces. "Have you any ...

"You will not be a mystic until you are like the earth - both the righteous and the sinner tread upon it - and until you are like ...

One of Junaid's followers came to him with a purse containing five hundred gold pieces. "Have you any more money than this?", ...