~Evolutionary Intelligence

This groggy time we live, this is what it is like: A man goes to sleep in the town where he has always lived, and he dreams he is living in another town. He believes the reality of the dream town….

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~Start Knowing

Start Knowing

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~God is One

Our death is our wedding with eternity. What is its secret? God is One. The sun divides itself Streaming through the different openings of the house; But when these openings are closed, multiplicity vanishes.   Multiplicity exists in the separate grapes But cannot be found in the juice that springs from the grape. … – [...]

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~Love Drives You Mad

Love drives you mad from revelation to revelation through ordeal after ordeal until humble and broken you are carried tenderly into the heart of the rose. Jalal-ud-Din Rumi (Translated by Andrew Harvey)

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~The Infinite Rose Garden

Rumi quote

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~I am the Pen in His Fingers

If He makes of me a cup, I am a cup; I am a dagger if He makes me a dagger. If he makes me a fountain, water pours out of me; Heat dances from me if He makes me a fire. If He makes me rain, I give birth to rich fields; If He [...]

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~The Art of Surrender

The Goal Is One There are a myriad different ways to search, but the object of the search is always the same. Don’t you see that the roads to Mecca are all different? One comes from Byzantium, another from Syria, still others wind through land or across the sea. The roads are different; the goal [...]

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~Balancing Your Humanity With Your Divinity

Over two years ago, during orientation at Bastyr University, a question was posed to us: How are you going to remain balanced while in school? This question intrigued me, not only because it was one I had not considered before, but I also perceived that held within the question was permission for us to take [...]

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~Drunk on Love

Drunk on Love Be drunk on love, because love is all that exists; Without love, no one has the right to enter His house. They ask, “What is love?” Reply: “Giving up your self-will.” He who hasn’t given up his will isn’t chosen. The lover’s an emperor, the two worlds are at his feet: Does [...]

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~Be Awake Always

Be Awake Always There are many whose eyes are awake And whose hearts are asleep; Yet, what can be seen By mere creatures of water and clay? But he who keeps his heart awake Will know and live this mystery: While the eyes of his head may sleep His heart will open hundreds of eyes. [...]

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