The Work is Constant...

The work is constant, 

we cannot take a break from it. 

Our fellow students are the guardian angels of our work. 

~S

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I Really Love This Image...

 I really Love this image of the hands 

very gently coming together, 

it really evokes the tenderness 

of giving up ones will to something higher, 

which I feel prayer really represents.

~C

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The Spirit Lives in Eternity...

The spirit lives in eternity and truth. 

The soul must unite the two. 

So all that is certainty belongs to the spirit, 

all that is struggle belongs to the soul.

The spirit knows God, 

the soul has faith; the spirit knows God, 

the soul has hope; the spirit knows God, 

the soul has charity.

This is how the soul is made to vibrate,

 and man becomes one, becomes himself.

~Rodney Collin

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Sometimes My Machine...

John William Waterhouse

Sometimes my machine tries so hard 

to say something wise in a meeting 

realizing that the soul is enough. 

Just being here with you all is enough, 

the words will come and the soul will find a true place to speak.

~S

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School of Truth...

School of Truth

O fool, do something, 

so you won't just stand there looking dumb.

If you are not traveling and on the road, 

how can you call yourself a guide?

In the School of Truth, 

one sits at the feet of the Master of Love.

So listen, son, 

so that one day you may be an old father, too!

All this eating and sleeping 

has made you ignorant and fat;

By denying yourself food and sleep, 

you may still have a chance.

Know this: 

If God should shine His lovelight on your heart,

I promise you'll shine brighter than a dozen suns.

And I say: 

wash the tarnished copper of your life from your hands;

To be Love's alchemist, 

you should be working with gold.

Don't sit there thinking; 

go out and immerse yourself in God's sea.

Having only one hair wet 

with water will not put knowledge in that head.

For those who see only God, their vision

Is pure, and not a doubt remains.

Even if our world is turned upside down 

and blown over by the wind,

If you are doubtless, 

you won't lose a thing.

O Hafiz, if it is union with the Beloved that you seek,

Be the dust at the Wise One's door, and speak! 

~Hafiz

Translated by Thomas Rain Crowe

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