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The Breezes At Dawn Have Secrets To Tell You Don't Go Back To Sleep! You Must Ask For What You Really Want. Don't Go Back To Sleep! People Are Going Back And Forth Across The Doorsill Where The Two Worlds Touch, The Door Is Round And Open Don't Go Back To Sleep!

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The Breezes At Dawn Have Secrets To Tell You Don't Go Back To Sleep! You Must Ask For What You Really Want. Don't Go Back To Sleep! People Are Going Back And Forth Across The Doorsill Where The Two Worlds Touch, The Door Is Round And Open Don't Go Back To Sleep!

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This Place Is A Dream. Only A Sleeper Considers It Real. Then Death Comes Like Dawn, And You Wake Up Laughing At What You Thought Was Your Grief.

No One Knows What Makes The Soul Wake Up So Happy! Maybe A Dawn Breeze Has Blown The Veil From The Face Of God.

While The Mind Sees Only Boundaries, Love Knows The Secret Way There.

Ways Of Worshipping Are Not To Be Ranked As Better Or Worse Than One Another . . . It's All Praise, And It's All Right.

Ecstatic Love Is An Ocean, And The Milky Way Is A Flake Of Foam Floating On It.

Don't Be Fooled By My Beauty - The Light Of My Face Comes From The Candle Of My Spirit.

In Each Moment The Fire Rages, It Will Burn Away A Hundred Veils. And Carry You A Thousand Steps Toward Your Goal.

Tonight The Moon Kisses The Stars. O Beloved,be Like That To Me!

What You Have Despised In Yourself As A Thorn Opens Into A Rose.

Outside Ideas Of Right Doing And Wrong Doing There Is A Field. I'll Meet You There.

Once We Were Particles Of Light, Now We Are Beings Of Light, Radiating Love.

You Think Of Yourself As A Citizen Of The Universe. You Think You Belong To This World Of Dust And Matter. Out Of This Dust You Have Created A Personal Image, And Have Forgotten About The Essence Of Your True Origin

Stop Looking For Something Out There And Begin Seeing Within.

You Moan, "she Left Me." "he Left Me," Twenty More Will Come.

Through Love The Devil Becomes An Angel. Through Love Stones Become Soft As Butter. Through Love Grief Is Like Delight. Through Love Demons Become The Servants Of God.

If You Are Wholly Perplexed And In Straits, Have Patience, For Patience Is The Key To Joy.

Having Patience

You Are A Volume In The Divine Book A Mirror To The Power That Created The Universe Whatever You Want, Ask It Of Yourself Whatever You’re Looking For Can Only Be Found Inside Of You

There's A Path From Your Heart To Mine.

Submit To A Daily Practice. Your Loyalty To That Is A Ring At The Door. Keep Knocking, And The Joy Inside Will Eventually Open A Window And Look Out To See Who's There.

Body Is Not Veiled From Soul, Neither Soul From Body, Yet No Man Hath Ever Seen A Soul.

Now Is The Time To Unite The Soul And The World.

If You See Two In One - I Only See One In Two

If The Spiritual Universe And The Way To It Were Shown, No One Would Remain In This World For A Single Moment.

Respond To Every Call That Excites Your Spirit.

If You Wish To Shine Like Day, Burn Up The Night Of Self-existence. Dissolve In The Being Who Is Everything.

Love Is Our Steady Guide On This Road Full Of Hardships.

The Wailing Of Broken Hearts Is The Doorway To God.

Love Is A River. Drink From It.

Are You Searching For The River Of Your Soul? Then Come Out Of Your Prison. Leave The Stream And Join The River That Flows Into The Ocean.

If All You Can Do Is Crawl, Start Crawling.

One Drop Of That Ocean Is Hope, And The Rest Is Fear.

Your Breath Touched My Soul And I Saw Beyond All Limits.

Love Cannot Be Described. It Must Be Tasted.

Weep Like The Waterwheel, That Green Herbs May Spring Up From The Courtyard Of Your Soul. If You Wish For Tears, Have Mercy On One Who Sheds Tears; If You Wish Mercy, Show Mercy To The Weak.

Know The True Definition Of Yourself. That Is Essential. Then, When You Know Your Own Definition, Flee From It.

Everyone Is Overridden By Thoughts; That's Why They Have So Much Heartache And Sorrow.

One Day Your Heart Will Take You To Your Lover. One Day Your Soul Will Carry You To The Beloved. Don't Get Lost In Your Pain, Know That One Day Your Pain Will Become Your Cure.

Soul Of All Souls, Life Of All Life - You Are That. Seen And Unseen, Moving And Unmoving - You Are That.

Keep Walking, Though There's No Place To Get To. Don't Try To See Through The Distances. That's Not For Human Beings. Move Within, But Don't Move The Way Fear Makes You Move.

There Came One And Knocked At The Door Of The Beloved. And A Voice Answered And Said, 'who Is There?' The Lover Replied, 'it Is I.' 'go Hence,' Returned The Voice; 'there Is No Room Within For Thee And Me.' Then Came The Lover A Second Time And Knocked And Again The Voice Demanded, 'who Is There?' He Answered, 'it Is Thou.' 'enter,' Said The Voice, 'for I Am Within.

Water The Fruit Trees And Don’t Water The Thorns.

You've Seen My Descent, Now Watch My Rising.

You Had Better Run From Me. My Words Are Fire.

Be Occupied, Then, With What You Really Value And Let The Thief Take Something Else.

It Is As If A King Had Sent You To A Country To Carry Out One Special, Specific Task. You Go To The Country And You Perform A Hundred Other Tasks, But If You Have Not Performed The Task You Were Sent For, It Is As If You Have Done Nothing At All. So People Have Come Into The World For Particular Tasks, And That Is Our Purpose. If We Don't Perform It, We Will Have Done Nothing.

Since In Order To Speak, One Must First Listen, Learn To Speak By Listening.

Submit To Love Without Thinking

Every Moment, A Voice, Out Of This World, Calls On Our Soul, To Wake Up And Rise.

All We Really Want Is Love's Confusing Joy.

Woman Is The Light Of God.

In The Desire Of The One To Know Himself, We Exist.

Stay In The Spiritual Fire. Let It Cook You.

Love Is From The Infinite, And Will Remain Until Eternity.

Look At The Moon In The Sky, Not The One In The Lake.

In Silence There Is Eloquence. Stop Weaving And See How The Pattern Improves.

I Will Be Waiting Here.... For Your Silence To Break, For Your Soul To Shake, For Your Love To Wake!

Quit Acting Like A Wolf, And Feel The Shepherd's Love Filling You.

A Lover's Life Lies In Death. You Shall Not Find A Heart Without Losing The Heart.

My Soul Is Naked. It Wears The Transparent Garment Of Love.

Very High, Very Grand, And Very Wise Is The Ocean Of God, The Water Of Life. You Went After The Form And Were Lead Astray. How Can You See It? You Abandoned The Truth. Sometimes It Is Named "tree," Sometimes "sun," Sometimes "ocean," Sometimes "cloud," One Thing From Which Scores Of Discoveries Arise, Its Slightest Definition An Everlasting Life.

Never Lose Hope When The Beloved Sends You Away. If You're Abandoned If You're Left Hopeless Tomorrow For Sure You'll Be Called Again. If The Door Is Shut Right In Your Face Keep Waiting With Patience Don't Leave Right Away. Seeing Your Patience Your Love Will Soon Summon You With Grace Raise You Like A Champion.

In Your Light I Learn How To Love. In Your Beauty, How To Make Poems. You Dance Inside My Chest Where No-one Sees You, But Sometimes I Do, And That Sight Becomes This Art.

You Think Because You Understand 'one' You Must Also Understand 'two', Because One And One Make Two. But You Must Also Understand 'and'.

Soul, If You Want To Learn Secrets,  Your Heart Must Forget About Shame  And Dignity. You Are God's Lover,  Yet You Worry What People Are Saying.

Everything You See Has Its Roots In The Unseen World. The Forms May Change, Yet The Essence Remains The Same.

Love Is A Mirror. In It You See Nothing Except Your Reflection. You See Nothing Except Your Real Face.

There Is A Life In You, Search That Life, Search The Secret Jewel In The Mountain Of Your Body.

The Feelings Trembled And Flapped In His Chest Like A Bird Newly Put In A Cage.

I Am Neither Of The East Nor Of The West, No Boundaries Exist Within My Breast.

All My Feelings Have The Color You Desire To Paint.

For The Water Animals, The Ocean Is Like A Garden; For The Land Animals, It Is Death And Pain.

Today, Like Every Other Day, We Wake Up Empty And Frightened. Don't Open The Door To The Study And Begin Reading. Take Down The Dulcimer. Let The Beauty We Love Be What We Do. There Are Hundreds Of Ways To Kneel And Kiss The Ground.

Love Alone Can Explain The Mysteries Of Love.

Mystery Of Love

If Your Thought Is A Rose, You Are A Rose Garden; And If It Is A Thistle, You Are Fuel For The Fire.

Don't Be Satisfied With Stories, How Things Have Gone With Others. Unfold Your Own Myth.

Everyone Turns Toward Someone. Look For One Scarred By The King's Polo Stick.

Because Of Your Love I Have Broken With My Past

Never Lose Hope, My Heart, Miracles Dwell In The Invisible. If The Whole World Turns Against You Keep Your Eyes On The Friend.

There Is Hope After Despair And Many Suns After Darkness.

You Were Born With Potential. You Were Born With Goodness And Trust. You Were Born With Ideals And Dreams. You Were Born With Greatness. You Were Born With Wings. You Are Not Meant For Crawling, So Don't. You Have Wings. Learn To Use Them And Fly.

Fall In Love In Such A Way That It Frees You From Any Connecting.

Falling In Love

Who Gets Up Early To Discover The Moment Light Begins?

Oh, Bird Of My Soul, Fly Away Now, For I Possess A Hundred Fortified Towers.

You Believe God Is Not There, But He Is, Hidden In The Secret Of The Divine Mystery

Botha Swimmer And A Drowned Man Are In The Water; The Latter Is Borne By The Water And Controlled By It, While The Swimmer Is Borne Along By His Own Power And Of His Own Volition. Every Movement Made By The Drowned Man - Indeed, Every Act And Word That Issue From Him - Comes From The Water, Not From Him... The Saints Are Like This. They Have Died Before Death.

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Be A Spot Of Ground Where Nothing Is Growing, Where Something Might Be Planted, A Seed, Possibly, From The Absolute.

The Real Beloved Is That One Who Is Unique, Who Is Your Beginning And Your End.

All Creatures, Day And Night, Make Manifestation Of Allah. Some Of Them Know What They Are Doing And Are Aware Of Their Manifesting, While Others Are Unaware. However It May Be, Allah's Manifestation Is Confirmed.

We Are All Bathed In The Same Light.

I Have Been A Seeker And I Still Am, But I Stopped Asking The Books And The Stars. I Started Listening To The Teaching Of My Soul.

I'm In Love! Your Advice, What Are They? Love Has Poisoned Me! Your Remedies, What Are They? I Hear Them Shout: "fast, Bind Him Feet!" But If My Heart That Has Gone Mad! Those Strings On My Feet What Is The Point?

The Same Wind That Uproots Trees Makes The Grass Shine. The Lordly Wind Loves The Weakness And The Lowness Of Grasses. Never Brag Of Being Strong. The Axe Doesn't Worry How Thick The Branches Are. It Cuts Them To Pieces. But Not The Leaves. It Leaves The Leaves Alone.

Be With Those Who Help Your Being. Don't Sit With Indifferent People, Whose Breath Comes Cold Out Of Their Mouths.

Everyone Has Been Made For Some Particular Work, And The Desire For That Work Has Been Put In Every Heart.

Do You Know What You Are? You Are A Manuscript Oƒ A Divine Letter. You Are A Mirror Reflecting A Noble Face. This Universe Is Not Outside Of You. Look Inside Yourself; Everything That You Want, You Are Already That.

Love Is Cure, Love Is Power, Love Is The Magic Of Changes. Love Is The Mirror, Of Divine Beauty!

Be A Helpful Friend, And You Will Become A Green Tree With Always New Fruit, Always Deeper Journeys Into Love.

One Day You Will Take Me Completely Out Of Myself, I'll Do What The Angels Cannot Do. Your Eyelash Will Write On My Cheek The Poem That Hasn't Been Thought Of.

Look At Love With The Eyes Of Your Heart.

Doubt Is A Precipice On The Way To God. Blessed Is He Who Is Freed From Its Bonds. He Who Fares Without Any Doubt, Adhere To His Footprints If You Do Not Know The Way. Cleave To The Footprints Of The Deer And Advance With Care That You May Reach The Musk-gland. By Means Of Such Trekking, Even If You Walk On Fire, You Will Reach The Luminous Peak.

Let Lovers Be Crazy, Disgraceful And Wild Those Who Fret About Such Things Aren’t In Love.

We Are The Mirror As Well As The Face In It. We Are Tasting The Taste This Minute Of Eternity. We Are Pain And What Cures Pain Both. We Are The Sweet Cold Water And The Jar That Pours.

Why Should I Be Unhappy? Each Parcel Of My Being Is In Full Bloom.

Even When Tied In A Thousand Knots, The String Is Still But One.

In Things Spiritual, There Is No Partition, No Number, No Individuals. How Sweet Is The Oneness-unearth The Treasure Of Unity.

If You Yearn For Holy Felicity, Shed Your Arrogance And Become A Seeker Of Hearts.

The Soul Lives There In The Silent Breath.

If You Are Looking For A Friend Who Is Faultless, You Will Be Friendless.

There Is No Reality But God , Says The Completely Surrendered Sheik, Who Is An Ocean For All Beings.

To Praise Is To Praise How One Surrenders To The Emptiness.

Don't Look To Anyone For Your Needs, For The One Who Created You, Waters You.

The Ground Submits To The Sky And Suffers Whatever Comes. Tell Me, Is The Earth Worse For Giving In Like That?

Since Love Has Made Ruins Of My Heart The Sun Must Come And Illumine Them. Such Generosity Has Broken Me With Shame.

Know, Son, That Everything In The Universe Is A Pitcher Brimming With Wisdom And Beauty, The Universe Is A Drop Of The 'tigris Of His Beauty, This Beauty Was A Hidden Treasure So Full It Burst Open And Made The Earth More Radiant Than The Heavens.

Any One In Love Will Have No Religion.

I Always Thought That I Was Me — But No, I Was You And Never Knew It.

That's How You Came Here, Like A Star Without A Name. Move Across The Night Sky With Those Anonymous Lights.

There Is Something To Be Said For Anyone Who Sits Alone With Dignity And Silently Begs For God.

No Better Love Than Love With No Object

Tree Limbs Rise And Fall Like The Ecstatic Arms Of Those Who Have Submitted To The Mystical Life. Leaf Sounds Talk Together Like Poets Making Fresh Metaphors.

Criticism Polishes My Mirror.

A Lover Asked His Beloved, Do You Love Yourself More Than You Love Me? Beloved Replied, I Have Died To Myself And I Live For You. I've Disappeared From Myself And My Attributes, I Am Present Only For You. I've Forgotten All My Learnings, But From Knowing You I've Become A Scholar. I've Lost All My Strength, But From Your Power I Am Able. I Love Myself...i Love You. I Love You...i Love Myself.

Judge The Moth By The Beauty Of The Candle

When The Rose Is Gone And The Garden Faded You Will No Longer Hear The Nightingale's Song. The Beloved Is All; The Lover Just A Veil. The Beloved Is Living; The Lover A Dead Thing. If Love Withholds Its Strengthening Care, The Lover Is Left Like A Bird Without Care, The Lover Is Left Like A Bird Without Wings. How Will I Be Awake And Aware If The Light Of The Beloved Is Absent? Love Wills That This Word Be Brought Forth.

Christian, Jew, Muslim, Shaman, Zoroastrian, Stone, Ground, Mountain, River, Each Has A Secret Way Of Being With The Mystery, Unique And Not To Be Judged.

The Garden Of The World Has No Limits, Except In Your Mind.

Always Check Your Inner State With The Lord Of Your Heart.

Every Tree, Every Growing Thing As It Grows, Says This Truth, You Harvest What You Sow.

Escape From The Black Cloud That Surrounds You. Then You Will See Your Own Light As Radiant As The Full Moon.

What Is The Body? That Shadow Of A Shadow Of Your Love, That Somehow Contains The Entire Universe.

You Sit Here For Days Saying, This Is A Strange Business. You're The Strange Business. You Have The Energy Of The Sun In You, But You Keep Knotting It Up At The Base Of Your Spine.

O Beloved, Where Is The Beloved?

No Prayer Is Complete Without Presence.

Little By Little, Wean Yourself. This Is The Gist Of What I Have To Say. From An Embryo Whose Nourishment Comes In The Blood, Move To An Infant Drinking Milk, To A Child On Solid Food, To A Searcher After Wisdom, To A Hunter Of Invisible Game.

When You Are With Everyone But Me, You're With No One. When You Are With No One But Me, You're With Everyone. Instead Of Being So Bound Up With Everyone, Be Everyone. When You Become That Many, You're Nothing. Empty.

I Am Smiling At Myself Today There's No Wish Left In This Heart Or Perhaps There Is No Heart Left Free From All Desire I Sit Quietly Like Earth My Silent Cry Echoes Like Thunder Throughout The Universe I Am Not Worried About It I Know It Will Be Heard By No One Except Me.

Love's Nationality Is Separate From All Other Religions, The Lover's Religion And Nationality Is The Beloved (god). The Lover's Cause Is Separate From All Other Causes Love Is The Astrolabe Of God's Mysteries.

An Eye Is Meant To See Things. The Soul Is Here For Its Own Joy. A Head Has One Use: For Loving A True Love. Feet: To Chase After. Love Is For Vanishing Into The Sky. The Mind, For Learning What Men Have Done And Tried To Do. Mysteries Are Not To Be Solved: The Eye Goes Blind When It Only Wants To See Why. A Lover Is Always Accused Of Something. But When He Finds His Love, Whatever Was Lost In The Looking Comes Back Completely Changed.

I Lost Everything I Have, Found Myself.

Lost Everything

There's No Cure, Except The Retreat Into Love, For The Suffering Of Subtly Afflicted Hearts.

Looking At My Life I See That Only Love Has Been My Soul’s Companion From Deep Inside My Soul Cries Out: Do Not Wait, Surrender For The Sake Of Love.

Those Who Practice Love Have Neither Religion Or Status.

World Power Means Nothing. Only The Unsayable, Jeweled Inner Life Matters.

In Order To Understand The Dance One Must Be Still. And In Order To Truly Understand Stillness One Must Dance.

There Goes A River Dragging An Ocean Behind It.

Everything You See Has Its Roots In The Unseen World. The Forms May Change, Yet The Essence Remains The Same. Every Wonderful Sight Will Vanish, Every Sweet Word Will Fade, But Do Not Be Disheartened, The Source They Come From Is Eternal, Growing, Branching Out, Giving New Life And New Joy. Why Do You Weep? The Source Is Within You And This Whole World Is Springing Up From It.

The Moon Stays Bright When It Doesn't Avoid The Night.

I Am An Ark In The Swift Flood Of Time, And My Companions, A Fellowship. Who Throws In With Us Sails Into Light.

The Earth Turns To Gold, In The Hands Of The Wise.

You’re A Song, A Wished-for Song.

My Soul Is My Guide, For My Soul Is Of That Abode. I Will Not Speak Of The Earthly. I Am Of The Unknown

Today, Let Us Swim Wildly, Joyously In Gratitude.

Ignorance I Didn’t Know Love Would Make Me This Crazy, With My Eyes Like The River Ceyhun Carrying Me In Its Rapids Out To Sea,where Every Bit Of Shattered Boat Sinks To The Bottom. An Alligator Lifts Its Head And Swallows The Ocean, Then The Ocean Floor Becomes A Desert Covering The Alligator In Sand Drifts. Changes Do Happen. I Do Not Know How, Or What Remains Of What Has Disappeared Into The Absolute. I Hear So Many Stories And Explanations, But I Keep Quiet, Because I Don’t Know Anything, And Because Something I Swallowed In The Ocean Has Made Me Completely Content With Ignorance.

Without The Frown Of Clouds And Lightning, The Vines Would Be Burned By The Smiling Sun.

It Is Love That Gives Joy To Happiness.

Woman Is A Ray Of God. She Is Not That Earthly Beloved: She Is Creative, Not Created.

My Boat Strikes Something Deep. At First Sounds Of Silence, Waves. Nothing Has Happened; Or Perhaps Everything Has Happened. And I Am Sitting In My New Life.

There Is Nothing Outside Of Yourself, Look Within. Everything You Want Is There. You Are That.

Listen. Make A Way For Yourself Inside Yourself. Stop Looking In The Other Way Of Looking.

This Discipline And Rough Treatment Are A Furnace To Extract The Silver From The Dross. This Testing Purifies The Gold By Boiling The Scum Away.

You Think You Are Alive Because You Breathe Air? Shame On You, That You Are Alive In Such A Limited Way. Don't Be Without Love, So You Won't Feel Dead. Die In Love And Stay Alive Forever.

You Are Not Just The Drop In The Ocean. You Are The Mighty Ocean In The Drop.

Drops In The Ocean

Speak Little, Learn The Words Of Eternity. Go Beyond Your Tangled Thoughts And Find The Splendor Of Paradise.

We Came Whirling Out Of Nothingness, Scattering Stars Like Dust... The Stars Made A Circle, And In The Middle, We Dance.

We Are Tasting The Taste Of Eternity This Minute.

Are You Fleeing From Love Because Of A Single Humiliation? What Do You Know Of Love Except The Name? Love Has A Hundred Forms Of Pride And Disdain, And Is Gained By A Hundred Means Of Persuasion. Since Love Is Loyal, It Purchases One Who Is Loyal: It Has No Interest In A Disloyal Companion. The Human Being Resembles A Tree; Its Root Is A Covenant With God: That Root Must Be Cherished With All One's Might.

What Hurts You, Blesses You. Darkness Is Your Candle.

Every Rose That Is Sweet-scented Within, That Rose Is Telling Of The Secrets Of The Universal.

Love And Lover Live In Eternity. Other Desires Are Substitutes For That Way Of Being.

When You Resolve To Become Pious, The Devil In Your Nature Cries Out At You, "tread Not Those Paths, O Confused One; Distress And Poverty Will Overcome You. You Will Be Despised, Let Down By Friends, You Will Regret It." Dread Of The Devil Has Bound Their Souls; The Cries Of The Devil Are The Drover Of The Damned; The Call Of The Lord Is A Guardian Of The Saints.

You Try To Be Faithful And Sometimes You're Cruel. You Are Mine. Then, You Leave. Without You, I Can't Cope. And When You Take The Lead, I Become Your Footstep. Your Absence Leaves A Void. Without You, I Can't Cope. You Have Disturbed My Sleep, You Have Wrecked My Image. You Have Set Me Apart. Without You, I Can't Cope.

On A Day When The Wind Is Perfect, The Sail Just Needs To Open And The World Is Full Of Beauty. Today Is Such A Day.

Your Way Begins At The Other Side. Become The Sky. Take An Axe To The Prison Wall. Escape. Walk Out Like Someone Suddenly Born Into Color. Do It Now.

God (in His Mercy) Accepts False Coin.

Why Should I Stay At The Bottom Of A Well, When A Strong Rope Is In My Hand?

My Heart Is Burning With Love. All I Can See Is This Flame. My Heart Is Burning With Passion, Like Waves On An Ocean. I'm At Home, Wherever I Am. And In The Room Of Lovers, I Can See With Closed Eyes The Beauty That Dances. Behind The Veils, Intoxicated With Love, I Too Dance The Rhythm Of This Moving World.

May This Marriage Be Full Of Laughter, Our Every Day In Paradise.

The Desire To Know Your Own Soul Will End All Other Desires.

If Your Eyes Are Opened, You'll See The Things Worth Seeing.

Love So Needs To Love That It Will Endure Almost Anything, Even Abuse, Just To Flicker For A Moment. But The Sky's Mouth Is Kind, Its Song Will Never Hurt You, For I Sing Those Words.

There Is An Invisible Strength Within Us; When It Recognizes Two Opposing Objects Of Desire, It Grows Stronger.

For Those Who Realize That Everything Is From God, Everything Is The Same.

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 The Sunset Like Supper, Those Who Don't Want To Change, Let Them Sleep On. 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 On

Pure Souls, Didn’t I Tell You Not To Be Seduced By This Colorful World For I Am The Ultimate Painter.

Do Not Sit Long With A Sad Friend. When You Go To A Garden Do You Look At The Weeds? Spend More Time With The Roses And Jasmines.

People Want You To Be Happy. Don't Keep Serving Them Your Pain! If You Could Untie Your Wings And Free Your Soul Of Jealousy, You And Everyone Around You Would Fly Up Like Doves.

Listen To The Unstruck Sounds, And What Sifts Through That Music.

Reason Is Powerless In The Expression Of Love. Love Alone Is Capable Of Revealing The Truth Of Love And Being A Lover. The Way Of Our Prophets Is The Way Of Truth. If You Want To Live, Die In Love; Die In Love If You Want To Remain Alive.

A Man Or A Woman Is Said To Be Absorbed When The Water Has Total Control Of Him, And He No Control Of The Water. A Swimmer Moves Around Willfully. An Absorbed Being Has No Will But The Water's Going. Any Word Or Act Is Not Really Personal, But The Way The Water Has Of Speaking Or Doing. As When You Hear A Voice Coming Out Of A Wall, And You Know That It's Not The Wall Talking, But Someone Inside, Or Perhaps Someone Outside Echoing Off The Wall. Saints Are Like That. They've Achieved The Condition Of A Wall, Or A Door.

‎dancing Is Not Just Getting Up Painlessly, Like A Leaf Blown On The Wind; Dancing Is When You Tear Your Heart Out And Rise Out Of Your Body To Hang Suspended Between The Worlds.

Don't Try To Steer The Boat. Don't Open Shop For Yourself. Listen. Keep Silent. You Are Not God's Mouthpiece. Try To Be An Ear, And If You Do Speak, Ask For Explanations.

Whoever Finds Love Beneath Hurt And Grief Disappears Into Emptiness With A Thousand New Disguises

If You Do Not Possess The Staff Of Caution And Discrimination, Use The Eyes Of Him Who Sees. If There Is No Staff Of Caution And Discrimination, Do Not Wander On The Road Without A Guide.

These Pains You Feel Are Messengers. Listen To Them.

Dance, When You're Broken Open. Dance, If You've Torn The Bandage Off. Dance In The Middle Of The Fighting. Dance In Your Blood. Dance When You're Perfectly Free.

There Is Nothing I Want But Your Presence. In Friendship, Time Dissolves.

Not Christian Or Jew Or Muslim, Not Hindu, Buddhist, Sufi, Or Zen. Not Any Religion Or Cultural System. I Am Not From The East Or The West, Not Out Of The Ocean Or Up From The Ground, Not Natural Or Ethereal, Not Composed Of Elements At All. I Do Not Exist, Am Not An Entity In This World Or The Next, Did Not Descend From Adam Or Eve Or Any Origin Story. My Place Is Placeless, A Trace Of The Traceless. Neither Body Or Soul. I Belong To The Beloved, Have Seen The Two Worlds As One And That One Call To And Know, First, Last, Outer, Inner, Only That Breath Breathing Human Being.

Let A Thousand Wrangling Desires Become One Love.

What You Are Seeking Is Also Seeking You.

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