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I Have Learned So Much ~ by Hafiz
[Translate] “I consider myself a Hindu, Christian, Moslem, Jew, Buddhist and Confucian.” ~ Gandhi “Not Christian or Jew or Muslim, not Hindu, Buddhist, Sufi, or Zen. Not any religion My place is the placeless, a trace of the traceless. Neither body or soul.” ~ Rumi “There is a temple, a shrine, a mosque, a…
A Golden Compass ~ by Hafiz
[Translate] “It is written on the gate of heaven: Nothing in existence is more powerful than destiny. And destiny brought you here, to this page, which is part of your ticket – as all things are – to return to God.” ~ Hafiz A Golden Compass ~ by Hafiz Forget every idea of right and…
You Are The Sun In Drag, by Hafiz
[Translate] Even after all this time the sun never says to the Earth, “You owe me.” Look what happens with a love like that. It lights the whole sky.” ~ Hafiz “I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in the darkness, the astonishing light of your own being.” ~ Hafiz “Love…
A Root in Each Act and Creature ~ by Hafiz
[Translate] “Inner infinity spawns outer reality.” ~ Ron Rattner, Sutra Sayings A Root in Each Act and Creature ~ by Hafiz The sun’s eyes are painting fields again. Its lashes with expert strokes Are sweeping across the land. A great palette of light has embraced This earth. Hafiz, if just a little clay and water…
“Silence” by Hafiz
[Translate] “Silence is the language of God, all else is poor translation.” ~ Rumi “Silence is the communing of a conscious soul with itself. If the soul attend for a moment to its own infinity, then and there is silence. She is audible to all men, at all times, in all places, and if we…
Laughter: Quotes and Hafiz poem
[Translate] “When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.” ~ Buddha “What is soap to the body, laughter is to the soul.” ~ Yiddish Proverb “I would not exchange the laughter of my heart for the fortunes of the multitudes; nor would I be content…
Vernal Equinox Blessings
[Translate] “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.” ~ Ecclesiastes 3:1 “The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail.” ~ Sri Ramakrishna Ron’s introduction. I first learned of Chapter 3:1-8 of the Book of Ecclesiastes on hearing a popular 1960’s…
Solstice Salutations and Invocations For a Peaceful and Happy New Age
[Translate] “One great question underlies our experience, whether we think about it or not: what is the purpose of life? From the moment of birth every human being wants happiness and does not want suffering. Neither social conditioning nor education nor ideology affects this. From the very core of our being, we simply desire contentment.…
Everyday Thoughts For Thanksgiving
[Translate] “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” ~ Cicero “To be a presence of perpetual thanksgiving may be the ultimate goal of life. The thankful person is the one for whom life is simply one long exercise in the sacred.” ~ Sr. Joan Chittister, OSB from The…
Biophilism
[Translate] “I consider myself a Hindu, Christian, Moslem, Jew, Buddhist and Confucian.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi “I have learned so much from God That I can no longer call myself a Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim, a Buddhist, a Jew” ~ Hafiz “Not Christian or Jew or Muslim, not Hindu, Buddhist, Sufi, or Zen. Not…
