Wonder

Wonder,

A garden among the flames!

My heart can take on any form:

A meadow for gazelles,

A cloister for monks,

For the idols, sacred ground,

Ka'ba for the circling pilgrim,

The tables of the Torah,

The scrolls of the Quran.

My creed is Love;

Wherever its caravan turns along the way,

That is my belief,

My faith.  

- by ibn arabi

Rumi 108

I was dead, became alive
Was tearful, laughingly thrive
With love survive, my only drive
    I have become eternal.


My eyes no longer seek
Am courageous, no more meek
Daring lion, far from weak
    Shine like Venus celestial.


Said, "madness is not thy code
You don’t deserve this abode."
With madness my life explode
    Chains before me break and fall.


"Intoxicated, thou art not
Art not from this divine cut."
I drank my senses out
    Joyously roamed in life’s hall.


"Thou art not yet slain
Joy runs not in thy vein."
Before life now I remain
    Slain, sacrificed and small.


"Thou art sly and cunning
Thy thoughts are wildly running."
My deception was stunning
    Then rejected the external.


Said, "Thou have been a candle light
Crowds focus upon thy sight."
Sight I am not, light without might
    Scattered smoke, wide and tall.


"Thou art guru and teacher
Thou art leader, head, preacher."
I am a mere creature
    Thy will is my only call.


"Thou have feathers, have taken wing
Feather and wing I did not bring."
In pursuit of flight of King
    Lost my feathers, now I crawl.


My beloved, old and fair
Said, "this story, me spare."
I agreed to not share
    Peaceful and eternal.


Thou art the sun’s source and spring
While to shade my body cling
Upon my head, hot rays sting
    I feel the heart infernal.


With light of my soul aglow
My heart opened with loving flow
Weaving a new cloth to show
    Against the tattered rags and all.


That divine face, at time of dawn
Many deceptions would spawn
Enslaved with a thorny crown
    Beloved upon throne install.


I, thy instrument, Thee praise
Thy infinite sweet phase
In my bosom came to raze
    And brought down my ignorant wall.


Praises Thee this drunken dust
Praise the stars and earth I must
Receive thy light with full trust
    From luminous orbiting ball.


The firmaments are in praise
Of lords, lands, angelic gaze
Gracefully love and amaze
    Compassionately, wisely, enthrall.


The wise praise the Lord well
Thus surpass all and excel
Upon the seven skies swell
    Give birth to light, maternal.


I am of Thee O famed moon,
Gazing at me do not swoon
Contagious joy in me bloom
    Laughs my every petal.


I was Venus, now am moon
Wallowing like a gloomy lune
Became Joseph very soon
    Pregnant with hope of renewal.


As if playing a game of chess
Make your call while speechless
King of the World my life will bless
    With a glance, existential.


From slavery to kingly might
From Venus to satellite
Was distant unknown point of light
    Am luminous orb of love, eternal!

Steadfastly Seek with Focus

Upon which path did I tread

So I return, all else I dread;

From Beloved being apart

In the creed of Love is being misled.

If I find another in the whole town

Ain’t but a sign pointing to the Beloved.

I said this is no easy path

In each step a thousand traps spread

O broken heart come not this way

Stay upon your own tender bed.

Seek that which increases the soul

Ask for the wine that lightens your head;

All else is shape and appearance

Fame and shame’s battle and wed.

Be silent, be seated, and be still

Drunken, with such wine break your bread.

O Pride of Spirit, Shams-e Tabriz

Enslaved to Thee my heart and soul instead.

Seeking Love and Grace

Lovers alas, lovers alas

Whoever sees that faceless face

Confusion in him amass

Desperation will embrace.

For beloved cross every pass

Worldly affairs slow their pace

A flowing brook amidst the grass

Flowing tears his face shall trace

His ego is shattered glass

Self-estranged, himself deface

Sense the Divine in spirit and mass

If he is truly seeking grace

Love can withstand molten brass

Gives his own soul in this chase

Through this trap lovingly pass

And find himself beside that face

With love himself will embarrass

Lost in time and in space

There’s no cure, potion, herb or grass

For one who’s lost his earthly base

And his prize, to reach that class

In this futile endless race

Until death too will come to pass

And move him to that place.

The love that hurts will never pass

It is a very special case

Transcendent love has its own class

The aching heart is wrapped in lace

Run out of sand many hourglass

Many a dream lost in space

If miracle shall come to pass

Every magic shall displace

There is no king and no palace

Facing that graceful faceless face

Brave lions cry out alas

Beside the dogs guarding that place.

You are gone !!

Alas that now from our midst you are gone

In spite of the pain you resist, you are gone

Once the circle of friends you blissed

Now with the dust of ants and snakes blissed, you are gone.

What of all the knowledge you endlessly list

What of such mind, in the secret list you are gone.

What of the helping hand the once would assist

What of the feet that gardens assist, you are gone.

Gentle and kind, people you charmed and wist

Then earth’s dust your dust wist, you are gone.

Your sweet replies no more persist

No more tongue that can persist, you are gone.

Jealously repented, strove to desist

Pilgrim of death, from living itself desist, you are gone.

Whither to, can’t see your dust nor your mist

This bloody path, disappearing mist, you are gone.

Silent O heart, tongue shackles your soul’s wrist

What use the flames that turn and twist, you are gone.

Gardener

I knocked on heart’s door, for heart I crave

Came, "who knocks?" I said, "heart’s slave!"

The bright beams of love shone through the door’s crack

Upon the passers by, and lit up that deep black

Wave upon wave of lovely beams, my heart was over-run

Compared to this bright light, were pale the moon and sun.

If the mind takes command, heart enslavement will demand

Will put a leash on mind and all, and hold the end in its hand.

This excitement in the world, serves only to agitate

And break loose every chain, for this joyous heartful state.

His body brings forth light, enthroned upon the seat of might

Soul at its door sits in delight, and reads much in that sight.

He is not a mendicant, who speaks little yet says much

Reflect upon reflections, see all that is while "nothing" watch.

All who have tasted this wine, are compelled to walk this line

Every one of stars nine, with heart’s design themselves align.

From Tabriz one such as Shams, arrives for seekers of divine

Nurtures in love’s vineyard, gardener of thy soul’s vine.

Rumi 155

O God, give the players sweetness and weal

And for the tabbla, give them hands of steel.

For their love, they sacrifice every limb

Of limbs O God, please give them a great deal.

These messengers of love filled our ears

Grant them seeing eyes and thy Royal Seal.

These lovebirds sing and cry out their love

Grace them with the patience that would heal.

In thy praise, they have filled many ears

You too praise their praise and their zeal.

They quenched the thirst of heart's flower

Let the full moon in their skies reel and wheel.

I am silent, please speak to me thy will

For they say you give thus, and thus steal.

O God, all I ask for in both worlds

Like Shams, let me shine, be and feel.

Hadith of Gabriel

One day while the Prophet was sitting in the company of some people, (The angel) Gabriel came and asked, "What is faith?" Allah's Apostle replied, 'Faith is to believe in Allah, His angels, (the) meeting with Him, His Apostles, and to believe in Resurrection." Then he further asked, "What is Islam?" Allah's Apostle replied, "To worship Allah Alone and none else, to offer prayers perfectly to pay the compulsory charity (Zakat) and to observe fasts during the month of Ramadan." Then he further asked, "What is Ihsan (perfection)?" Allah's Apostle replied, "To worship Allah as if you see Him, and if you cannot achieve this state of devotion then you must consider that He is looking at you." Then he further asked, "When will the Hour be established?" Allah's Apostle replied, "The answerer has no better knowledge than the questioner. But I will inform you about its portents.

1. When a slave (lady) gives birth to her master.

2. When the shepherds of black camels start boasting and competing with others in the construction of higher buildings. And the Hour is one of five things which nobody knows except Allah.

The Prophet then recited: "Verily, with Allah (Alone) is the knowledge of the Hour--." (31. 34) Then that man (Gabriel) left and the Prophet asked his companions to call him back, but they could not see him. Then the Prophet said, "That was Gabriel who came to teach the people their religion." Abu 'Abdullah said: He (the Prophet) considered all that as a part of faith.

The Fertility of Zion

<< Isaiah 54 >>
New American Standard Bible  
The Fertility of Zion

1“Shout for joy, O barren one, you who have borne no child;
         Break forth into joyful shouting and cry aloud, you who have not travailed;
         For the sons of the desolate one will be more numerous
         Than the sons of the married woman,” says the LORD.
2“Enlarge the place of your tent;
         Stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, spare not;
         Lengthen your cords
         And strengthen your pegs.

3“For you will spread abroad to the right and to the left.
         And your descendants will possess nations
         And will resettle the desolate cities.

4“Fear not, for you will not be put to shame;
         And do not feel humiliated, for you will not be disgraced;
         But you will forget the shame of your youth,
         And the reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more.

5“For your husband is your Maker,
         Whose name is the LORD of hosts;
         And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel,
         Who is called the God of all the earth.

6“For the LORD has called you,
         Like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit,
         Even like a wife of one’s youth when she is rejected,”
         Says your God.

7“For a brief moment I forsook you,
         But with great compassion I will gather you.

8“In an outburst of anger
         I hid My face from you for a moment,
         But with everlasting lovingkindness I will have compassion on you,”
         Says the LORD your Redeemer.

9“For this is like the days of Noah to Me,
         When I swore that the waters of Noah
         Would not flood the earth again;
         So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you
         Nor will I rebuke you.

10“For the mountains may be removed and the hills may shake,
         But My lovingkindness will not be removed from you,
         And My covenant of peace will not be shaken,”
         Says the LORD who has compassion on you.

11“O afflicted one, storm-tossed, and not comforted,
         Behold, I will set your stones in antimony,
         And your foundations I will lay in sapphires.

12“Moreover, I will make your battlements of rubies,
         And your gates of crystal,
         And your entire wall of precious stones.

13“All your sons will be taught of the LORD;
         And the well-being of your sons will be great.

14“In righteousness you will be established;
         You will be far from oppression, for you will not fear;
         And from terror, for it will not come near you.

15“If anyone fiercely assails you it will not be from Me.
         Whoever assails you will fall because of you.

16“Behold, I Myself have created the smith who blows the fire of coals
         And brings out a weapon for its work;
         And I have created the destroyer to ruin.

17“No weapon that is formed against you will prosper;
         And every tongue that accuses you in judgment you will condemn.
         This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD,
         And their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.

<< Isaiah 54 >>
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Rumi 117

Multi-layered existence I know not, I know not
The magical artist of time I know not, I know not
Hardship, struggle, confusion, I am taught, I am taught
Congenial moodiness I know not, I know not

My soul is after joy
Entertainers will employ
This joy seeking existence I know not, I know not
This lion in me instills fear
The world is a herd of deer
This lion and herd of deer I know not, I know not

I hear the warning of a friend, "your foes conspire and plot"
Conspiracy, friend and foe I know not, I know not
Earth is wife, sky man, being their child is my lot
This man and wife and this child I know not, I know not

This hidden face, gorgeous lashes
The arched brow, eye that flashes
The moving brow and talking eye I know not, I know not
Powerful arm, the nimble bow,
Put in flight temporal arrow
Bow and arrow and arm and time I know not, I know not

Shams-e Tabrizi, to you I’m brought
With your hardness I am distraught
That shining gem, this hard rock, I know not, I know not.

Go and die

Go and die, go and die,
For this love go and die,
When in this love you die
You will let spirits fly.

Go and die, go and die,
Fear no death, don’t be shy
When in this dust you lie
Your spirit will soar up high.

Go and die, go and die,
Let this existence pass by
This existence is your tie
And prisoners you and I.

With an axe cut the tie
And this, your prison, defy
When your chains you untie
With Kings, identify.

Go and die, go and die,
The handsome King satisfy
For the Lord when you die
Your glories multiply.

Go and die, go and die,
Like the tearful clouds, cry
When the cloud has run dry
You are the light of the eye.

Silence try, silence try
As close as you get to die
All your life, you apply
Your sigh and silence deny.

Rumi 21

Beloved reached desired glow
And so we say, may it be so
All doubts towards faith did grow
And so we say, may it be so

The devil’s plot caused perturbation
And the nation faced agitation;
Once again was Solomon’s nation
And so we say, may it be so

Beloved who put my heart in pain
Closed doors on my face once again
Friends would console and entertain
And so we say, may it be so

You drank wine on your own
Lusted after all, alone
Now lead the drunk upon a throne
And so we say, may it be so

From your majestic bright face
The flame lighting my place
Each corner, a well-lit space
And so we say, may it be so

From your fake anger and rage
And the sweet turning of the page
The world is a sugary stage
And so we say, may it be so

Night replaced by the morrow
Joy has conquered every sorrow
Sun light, pervasive and thorough
And so we say, may it be so

From mendicant generosity
And lovers’ pertinacity
Revival and vivacity
And so we say, may it be so

Celebrate this festivity
Restored to compatibility
Festivals abound in our city
And so we say, may it be so

O masterful wise minstrel
In the underworld do not dwell
Finally Venus in Libra fell
And so we say, may it be so

The mendicant reached kingly might
In wealth attained unimagined height
Partaking of courtly delight
And so we say, may it be so

Consider the wind in the air
Sweet lips’ bewitching flair
Wailing windpipe will not spare
And so we say, may it be so

The Pharaoh with much hardship
Misfortunes his life grip
Of suffering, Moses strip
And so we say, may it be so

Evil looking and ugly wolf
Drowned in ignorance’s deep gulf
By Joseph’s goodness now dwarf
And so we say, may it be so

O Shams-e Tabrizi, you
Compassionately blend and renew
East and west through and through
And so we say, may it be so

From submission to Satan’s will
Your prophetic soul emerged through this mill
Satan himself, God’s will fulfill
And so we say, may it be so

When the moon was shining its light
Both worlds were garden of delight
All souls for home then took flight
And so we say, may it be so

The ignorant and the blind
With insight are now wise and kind
Surpass Jesus, put him behind
And so we say, may it be so

It was all for souls to grow
May it always have been so
Thy splendor brightly aglow
And so we say, may it be so

All thy wrath was thy mercy
Thy poison, sweet clemency
Like dark clouds’ sweet potency
And so we say, may it be so

In his temple, colors remain
Pulling by the horns will not disdain
When this bull’s blood floors stain
And so we say, may it be so

Silence! I am drunk, you know
My hands are tied in this earthly show
My disheveled mind moves to and fro
And so we say, may it be so

Iron

Know that the life of this world is only play and amusement, pomp and mutual boasting among you, and rivalry in respect of wealth and children, as the likeness of vegetation after rain, thereof the growth is pleasing to the tiller; afterwards it dries up and you see it turning yellow; then it becomes straw. But in the Hereafter (there is) a severe torment (for the disbelievers, evil-doers), and (there is) Forgiveness from Allah and (His) Good Pleasure (for the believers, good-doers), whereas the life of this world is only a deceiving enjoyment.


Race one with another in hastening towards Forgiveness from your Lord (Allah), and towards Paradise, the width whereof is as the width of heaven and earth, prepared for those who believe in Allah and His Messengers. That is the Grace of Allah which He bestows on whom He pleases. And Allah is the Owner of Great Bounty.


No calamity befalls on the earth or in yourselves but is inscribed in the Book of Decrees (Al-Lauh Al-Mahfuz), before We bring it into existence. Verily, that is easy for Allah.


In order that you may not be sad over matters that you fail to get, nor rejoice because of that which has been given to you. And Allah likes not prideful boasters.

با آمدنت تحولی برپا شد؛ افسوس که با رفتن تو، غوغا شد

Bring anger and pride under your feet,
turn them into a ladder and climb higher.

Transform

Learn the alchemy True Humans know;
The moment you accept what troubles you've been given,
The door will open.

Love in Practice

You know what love is?
It is all kindness, generosity.

Swirl

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world.
Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

One Soul Named Love

Be soulful ; Be kind ;
Be in Love.

Tomb of the Secrletly Alive

A wealth you cannot imagine
flows through you.
Do not consider what strangers say.
Be secluded in your secret heart-house,
that bowl of silence.

Searching for Ecstasy

I looked in temples, churches, & mosques.
But I found the Divine within my heart.

Lover and Beloved

Only the soul knows what love is.

Rejuvenation of Heart

Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.  Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.

And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands every motive behind the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you forever.

For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth; therefore, be strong, and let your heart be perfect towards his worship, and understand all his wonders; for the LORD your God will fight for you.

“Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices
    as much as in obeying the Lord?
To obey is better than sacrifice,
    and to heed is better than the fat of rams.
  For rebellion is like the sin of divination,
    and arrogance like the evil of idolatry.
Because you have rejected the word of the Lord,
    he has rejected you as king.”

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.

And he did evil, because he did not prepare his heart to seek the LORD.

I desire to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart.

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding

Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all.

And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

Isaiah 53

Who has believed our message
    and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
² He grew up before him like a tender shoot,
    and like a root out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
    nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.
³ He was despised and rejected by mankind,
    a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.
Like one from whom people hide their faces
    he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.

⁴ Surely he took up our pain
    and bore our suffering,
yet we considered him punished by God,
    stricken by him, and afflicted.
⁵ But he was pierced for our transgressions,
    he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
    and by his wounds we are healed.
⁶ We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
    each of us has turned to our own way;
and the Lord has laid on him
    the iniquity of us all.

⁷ He was oppressed and afflicted,
    yet he did not open his mouth;
he was led like a lamb to the slaughter,
    and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
    so he did not open his mouth.
⁸ By oppression^[a] and judgment he was taken away.
    Yet who of his generation protested?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;
    for the transgression of my people he was punished.^[b]
9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked,
    and with the rich in his death,
though he had done no violence,
    nor was any deceit in his mouth.

¹⁰ Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer,
    and though the Lord makes^[c] his life an offering for sin,
he will see his offspring and prolong his days,
    and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand.
¹¹ After he has suffered,
    he will see the light of life^[d] and be satisfied^[e];
by his knowledge^[f] my righteous servant will justify many,
    and he will bear their iniquities.
¹² Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,^[g]
    and he will divide the spoils with the strong,^[h]
because he poured out his life unto death,
    and was numbered with the transgressors.
For he bore the sin of many,
    and made intercession for the transgressors.

Thought in Heart

Every thought is buried in your Heart.
He will reveal them one by one in silence.

In my hallucination

 

In my hallucination
I saw my beloved's flower garden
In my vertigo, in my dizziness
In my drunken haze
Whirling and dancing like a spinning wheel

I saw myself as the source of existence
I was there in the beginning
And I was the spirit of love
Now I am sober
There is only the hangover
And the memory of love
And only the sorrow

I yearn for happiness
I ask for help
I want mercy
And my love says:

Look at me and hear me
Because I am here
Just for that

I am your moon and your moonlight too
I am your flower garden and your water too
I have come all this way, eager for you
Without shoes or shawl

I want you to laugh
To kill all your worries
To love you
To nourish you

Oh sweet bitterness
I will soothe you and heal you
I will bring you roses
I, too, have been covered with thorns.

Rumi 47

You closed your eyes, meaning it’s time to sleep

It is not sleep, that upon your enemies heap.

You know that a close watch we do not keep

Yet hurried are your eyes, drunken, deadly, deep.

You do me wrong, but that is your treat

Your mistakes, like God’s grace, I gladly greet.

Many heads are lost when those eyes meet

By that blade, that drop of water, you defeat.

Alas, my eyes are a sea of blood

Many worlds are destroyed by that flood

Sometimes bloodthirsty, some messenger of God

sometimes a cup-bearer, some wine, red as blood.

What is cup-bearer and wine, if not divine

God only knows, what for is this love of mine.

In the kitchen of heart we can wine and dine

The whole town can smell such aromatic sign.

Close your mouth like a diver in the sea

Only under water can fish remain free.

A piece of Greece

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Dragon (龙) stroke order

Dragon (龍) stroke-order

Dragon: shinjitai, simplified, traditional

竜

龙

龍

Dragon: Oracle Bone, Bronze, Seal Script

Oh soul, you worry too much.
You have seen your own strength. 
You have seen your own beauty. 
You have seen your golden wings. 
Of anything less, why do you worry?
You are in truth the soul, of the soul, of the soul.
(Rumi) image: Caras Ionut 

Psalm 19:12-14

But who can discern their own errors?
    Forgive my hidden faults. 
Keep your servant also from willful sins; 
    may they not rule over me. 
Then I will be blameless, 
    innocent of great transgression.
May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart
    be pleasing in your sight,
    Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.


The seed will grow well, the vine will yield its fruit, the ground will produce its crops, and the heavens will drop their dew. I will give all these things as an inheritance to the remnant of this people.


Instead of your shame 
    you will receive a double portion,
and instead of disgrace
    you will rejoice in your inheritance.
And so you will inherit a double portion in your land,
    and everlasting joy will be yours.

Tension and Love

 that in love and in psychological growth, the key to success is the ability to endure the tension of the opposites without abandoning the process, and that this tension allows one to grow and to transform.

Rumi 50

Come along, come along, the fields are a-flower
Come along, come along, it’s the lover’s hour.
Come along, all at once, every soul and all the world
Bathe yourselves in the sun’s golden arrows’ shower.
Mock the crone who is left without a companion
Weep for the lonesome he, who has left his lover.
Everyone must rise up, and spread the news,
Mad man has cut his chain and escaped the tower.
Beat the drums without care, and remain speechless,
Mind and heart fled long before the soul fled the bower.
What a day, what a day, it feels like Judgement Day,
Impotent is our life’s book, has lost its very power.
Be silent, be silent, keep the veil, keep the veil,
Go for the sweet grapes, let go of the sour.

Rumi 66

Alas that beautiful beloved where hence?
Alas that graceful Goddess where hence?
In our midst like a candle brightly shone
Where hence, alas, without us where hence?
Like a shivering leaf my heart constantly moan
Beloved left at midnight, where hence?
Ask wayfarers to have the path shown
That soul-pleasing companion, where hence?
In the garden ask the gardener alone
That unequalled King has gone, where hence?
In the watch towers ask the guards who have known
That beautiful rose stem, where hence?
In madness roaming the desert sand and stone
That dear lost in this pasture, where hence?
My eyes from tears into a river have grown
In this ocean, that Pearl where hence?
Although is with others, is our very own
From us has flown, where to? Where hence?

The Antidote

There is a lot of noise about forgiveness
it is said; "God forgives You"
but God made me what I am.
I am not the doer.


Then shall i forgive God?
If i am not the doer 
Then how shall i?


If God does not exist
then i am the doer;
Shall i forgive myself?


Long ago i learned
God is my very self;
so then, shall i forgive
the self of myself.


I am angry because god has done this.
or i have, is there any difference?
if i believe in God
then it is God's doing.


On the other hand
if i do not believe
then i am my own God;
One must forgive or suffer
there is no choice.


The same applies to hate;
i hate God - or myself
again, is there any difference?
I became love many years ago
i knew this Love.


God appeared out of that
and I became, hating god's intervention;
hating myself, hating my existence.
i rejected God.


I put a form in front of god
and worshipped that
hating its existence.


My experience of the world
became a reflection of my hate;
i would not forgive myself.


Hating, of course i denied God himself;
i would not love that self
which resides in that love.


In the dark, i existed
surrounded on all sides by rejection
a mantle of jealousy surrounding my heart.


That Love\light stymied
covered in darkness, i ran away.
ahead of me, unfolded my fear;
i lived in a world of secret remorse.


A dark thing hating the light
Love deserted me, or i deserted Love;
I could not forgive myself.


The slimy black snake of anger
slithered out of my mind
and threw me to the floor
scheming death.


Love screamed out for God
in the voice stolen from hate;
the snake wailed and twitched in death
as Love came home.


Forgiveness, what is that but Love
which is my very self, whom i forgive.
this act is Love, which is myself
given to me.

Fire and Ice

BY ROBERT FROST

Some say the world will end in fire,

Some say in ice.

From what I’ve tasted of desire

I hold with those who favor fire.

But if it had to perish twice,

I think I know enough of hate

To say that for destruction ice

Is also great

And would suffice.

FORGIVE OTHERS

Easter