Rumi is a saint of Love!

1. Rumi
&
Love
From archna

2. When the mirror of your heart becomes clear and pure,
you'll behold images which are outside this world.
You will see the image and the image-Maker,
both the carpet of the spiritual expanse
and the One who spreads it.

3. This world and that world are forever giving birth:
every cause is a mother; the effect born is as a child.
When the effect was born, it too became a cause
so that it might give birth to wondrous effects.
These causes follow generation upon generation,
but it takes a very well-illumined eye
to see all the links in the chain.

4. The house of my heart is empty, devoid of desire,
like paradise.
Within it is no work but the love of God, no
inhabitant but the image of union with Him.
I have swept the house clear of good and bad -
my house is full of love for the ONE.

5. The Master who’s full of sweetness
Is so drunk with love, he’s oblivious.
“Will you give me
some of your sweetness?”
“I have none,” he says,
unaware of his richness.

6. Listen to the Sound of the reed
Listen to its plaintive notes,
For, ever since it was cut off from the reed-bed
It has been telling the tale of separation........
For everyone who is separated far
From his Source
Wishes back the time when he were one with It.

7. I'm so close to you that I'm far apart,
So completely merged that I'm separate,
So vastly exposed that I'm concealed,
So whole and sound that I'll never be healed

8. Do you want to enter paradise?
To walk the path of Truth
You need the grace of God.
We all face death in the end.
But on the way, be careful
Never to hurt a human heart!

9. One day You will take my heart completely and make it more
fiery than a dragon. Your eyelashes will write on my heart the
poem that could never come from the pen of a poet.

10. Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don't claim
them. Feel the artistry moving through and be silent
God Bless YOU