Seasons of PeacePoems from Rumi |
| Seasons of Peace |
Rumi |
Guest House |
Shadow and Light |
Only Breath |
The Hidden |
| Guest House | Out Beyond Ideas | A Community of the Spirit | There is a Way | If You Want | This We Have Now | Not Here | |
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Not Here
There's courage involved
if you want to become truth There is a broken-open place in a lover Where are those qualities of bravery and sharp compassion? What's the use of old and frozen thought? I want a howling hurt This is not a treasury where gold is stored; this is for copper. We alchemists look for talent that can heat up and change. Lukewarm won't do. Halfhearted holding back, well-enough getting by? Not here. |
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From The Soul of Rumi. Translated by Coleman Barks.
© Copyright, 2001, Harpercollins. Permission pending; fair use intended. |
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