Posted on October 28, 2018
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Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about. Ideas, language, even the phrase ‘each other’ doesn’t make any sense. – Rumi
Posted on August 27, 2017
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Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don’t claim them. Feel the artistry moving through and be silent. – Jalaluddin Rumi
Category: BeautyTags: arizona, artistry, Beauty, dusk, grand canyon, nature, photo, photography, quote, rumi, sunset
Posted on July 23, 2017
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Be a lamp or a lifeboat or a ladder. Help someone’s soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd. – Jalaluddin Rumi
Posted on April 17, 2016
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Borrow the Beloved’s eyes. Look through them and you’ll see the Beloved’s face everywhere. No tiredness, no jaded boredom…things you have hated will become helpers. – Jalaluddin Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks, We Are Three
Category: Finding GodTags: black and white photo, blue ridge mountains, clouds, coleman barks, grand tetons, grand tetons national park, nature, photo, photography, quote, rumi, snake river, we are three
Posted on January 4, 2015
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Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray. – Jalaluddin Rumi, Essential Rumi, versions by Coleman Barks
Category: Finding God, SpiritualityTags: bay, bolinas, chair, clouds, coleman barks, essential rumi, lawn chair, nature, pacific ocean, photo, photography, quote, rumi, san francisco bay
Posted on July 20, 2014
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Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. – Rumi
Posted on April 10, 2014
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Never lose hope, my dear heart, miracles dwell in the invisible. – Rumi
Category: LentTags: blossom, descanso gardens, flower, hope, la canada, lent, lotus, photo, photography, pond, quote, rumi
Posted on March 27, 2014
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In Lent, as in any season, a poem from Rumi is a welcome reflection From “A Thirsty Fish” by Rumi I don’t get tired of you. Don’t grow weary of being compassionate toward me! All this thirst equipment must surely be tired of me, the… Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: Reflection”
Category: LentTags: a thirsty fish, carp, fish, lent, lenten reflection, photo, poem, post, post-processing, reflection pool, rumi, thirst, weekly photo challenge
Posted on February 19, 2014
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Awe is the salve that will heal our eyes. – Rumi
Posted on September 18, 2013
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We are departing for the skies. Who has a mind for sightseeing? -Rumi
Category: SpiritualityTags: airport, dublin, dublin airport, dusk, ireland, photo, photography, poem, quote, rumi, sky, sunset
