Scales of life You are suspended on a scale between sorrow and joy. Only when you are empty can you find the still point of balance. ~Rumi Rate this:
Born of rivers and mountains Christian, Jew, Muslim, shaman, Zoroastrian, stone, ground, mountain, river—each has a secret way of being with the mystery, unique and not to be judged. ~Rumi Rate this:
The last battle has no victor We fight a fierce war within. What is the point of fighting with others? ~Rumi Rate this:
Blowing in the wind How many times must the cannonballs fly before they’re forever banned? The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind… ~Dylan Rate this:
Four wings Tie two birds together. They will not be able to fly, even though they now have four wings. ~Rumi Rate this:
Birth Each moment of birth brings a chance to become the bearer of peace in your universe. Rate this:
the poet’s cat Teach the children To walk gently on earth Silently through crowds Invisibly like clouds, Breathing poems Into life. Rate this:
Emptiness No words, no doubts, no zoning out No moon, no mind, no thing to find Only wholly unimaginably empty Rate this:
Forest whisperer When all the noise is silenced, the meetings adjourned, lists laid aside, and the wild iris blooms by itself in the dark forest, what still pulls on your soul? ~Rumi Rate this: