The Source of Joy – Rumi
Poem by Rumi No one knows what makes the soul wake up so happy! Maybe a dawn breeze has blown the veil from the…
Once you conquer your selfish self – Rumi
Once you conquer your selfish self – Rumi don’t be bitter my friend you’ll regret it soon hold to your togetherness or surely you’ll scatter…
On Rumi, Iqbal and ‘Dynamic Sufism’
Pakistan celeberates Allama Iqbal’s death anniversary on April 21 with the usual lip-service. The key messages of Iqbal seem to have been lost in…
In silence
There is a channel between voice and presence, a way where information flows. In disciplined silence the channel opens. With wandering talk, it closes.…
Let go of all distractions
My heart, sit only with those who know and understand you. Sit only under a tree, that is full of blossoms. In the bazaar…
Seek the Fountain Within Yourself
There are two kinds of intelligence. One is that acquired by a child at school from books and teachers, new ideas and memorization. Your…
He set the world aflame – Rumi
He set the world aflame, And laid me on the same; A hundred tongues of fire Lapped round my pyre. And when the blazing…
On the day of death – Sheb i Aroos
when i die when my coffin is being taken out you must never think i am missing this world don’t shed any tears don’t…
Whether asleep or awake, I am thirsty for that Friend…
If you are not going to bed, then sit, I am going. Tell your tale, I have told mine. I have had enough of…
the beloved you’ve lost
i want to leave this town but you’ve chained me down stolen away my heart leaving yourself behind now i’ve lost my way my…
The Ship Sunk in Love
My evening glows with Rumi’s presence. I am posting poems that I have been reading today. Contrary to several purists, I enjoy all the…
What was said to the Rose…
“What was said to the rose that made it open, Was said to me, here in my chest.” I was struck by this image…
This world without Dr Schimmel…
Recently, I came across a Charles Homer Haskins lecture that Dr Annemarie Schimmel delivered in 1993. Aside from the amazing events and milestones of…
All friendships you transcend…
I need a lover and a friend All friendships you transcend And impotent I remain You are Noah and the Ark You are the…