The songs we sing are like foam on the surface of the sea
of being, while the precious gems lie deep beneath.
But the tenderness in our songs
is a reflection of what is hidden in the depths.
Rumi

Sorry this post is a little late.  My electricity has been out for 24 hours courtesy of a particularly nasty electrical storm.  Happily all is back to normal now. :o)

The ruined heart attracts God's attention.
How happy is the soul that practices caring for it.
Rumi

The garden of Love
is green without limit
and yields many fruits
other than sorrow
and joy.
Love is beyond either condition:
without spring,
without autumn,
it is always fresh.
Rumi

Those who don't feel this Love
pulling them like a river,
those who don't drink dawn
like a cup of spring water
or take in sunset like supper,
those who don't want to change,
let them sleep.

This Love is beyond the study of theology,
that old trickery and hypocrisy.
If you want to improve your mind that way,
sleep on.

I've given up on my brain.
I've torn the cloth to shreds
and thrown it away.

If you're not completely naked,
wrap your beautiful robe of words
around you,
and sleep.

Rumi

Do not build much, for I intend to have you in ruins.
Rumi

My mouth may open..words may come out..
but you are every sweet song of mine..
Your silence..deepens.. that were you to put words with this ..
we would not survive the song
Rumi

Let us carve gems out of our stony Hearts
and let them Light our path to Love.
The glance of Love is crystal clear
and we are blessed by it's Light.
Rumi

We came spinning out of nothingness,
scattering stars like dust
Rumi

One day you will take me completely out of myself.
I will do what the angels cannot do.
Your eyelash will write on my cheek
the poem that has not been thought of.
Rumi

Every object and being in the universe
is a jar overflowing with wisdom and beauty,
a drop of the Tigris that cannot be contained by any skin.
Every jarful spills and makes the earth more shining,
as though covered in satin…
Make peace with the universe.
Take joy in it.
It will turn to gold.
Resurrection will be now.
Every moment, a new beauty.

Rumi