The Rebirth Of The Divine Dread 

God
dissolved
my mind~my separation.
I cannot describe now my intimacy with HIm.
how dependent is your body's life on water and food and air?
I said to God, "I will always be unless you cease o Be,"
and my Beloved replied, "And I
would cease to BE
if you died."

St. Teresa of Avila.

Love, Love, Love

THE SANCTUARY

It could be said that God's foot is so vast
that this entire earth is but
a field on His
toe,

and all the forests in this world
came from the same root of just
a single hair
of His.

What then is not a sanctuary?
Where then can I not kneel
and pray at a shrine
made holy by His
presence.

Hafiz.

Your friendship is a gift and your kindness is sanctuary.
Love, Love, Love.
I hope this note finds you in great spirits
and adds to your day.
~humble.

Imagine that you are Sheba trying to decide
whether or not to go to Solomon.

You are haggling about how much to pay
for shoeing a donkey, when you could be seated
with the one who is always in union with God,
who carries a beautiful garden inside himself.

You could be moving in a great circuit
without wings, nourished without eating
sovereign without a throne.

No longer subject to fortune,
you could be luck itself,
if you would rise from sleep,
leave the market~arguing and learn
that your own essence is your wealth.

RUMI.