We are here to experience joy. O Sufi disciples of the moment! Roses are blooming, and nightingale is drunk; it is the call to ecstasy! In the wilderness of my gloom, the moment is this instant when you shower rain upon me from the cloud of mercy. Rumi Trusting in the divine plan and knowing we should enjoy every moment…
Break away from your attachments. Shelter is found in solitude; freedom is found in the elimination of worldly passion as a goal, and friendship is found in not having any inclination to control. Aflaki Life is seldom smooth. It is often full of setbacks and challenges. The journey to freedom requires us to give up the continual search for self-satisfaction.…
What you are looking for is with you! Be drunk, for you know not whence you came nor why! Stay drunk, for you know not why you go, nor where! Omar Khayyam A soft voice is reminding you that what you are looking for is already within you. It wants you to open your hand and see what you already…
Friendship is the alchemy of success! A safe haven, a jug of wine and a loving friend; if they could last forever, this would be a true fortune. I regret and grieve that I didn't know until now; the alchemy of success is friendship, my friend. Hafiz Do you feel that people's demands have drained your energy and left you…
Longing is the portal to wholeness! O, heart! Learn from the unopened bud. Stop complaining about enclosure. Don't you know the morning breeze unties all that is closed? The cure for the hardened heart is the temptation of love. Raise your head! The remedy is here, and so is the one that heals. Hafiz Something is capturing your heart and…
Let love lift you to freedom. Borrow the beloved's eyes. Look through them and see the face of the beloved everywhere. You will feel no weariness, no indifference, for what was so unappealing before, will begin to appear in a new light. Rumi When life is mundane and waking up in the mornings is void of excitement, it means we…
Draw from the well of your own capabilities! Love and imagination are magicians who create an image of the beloved in your mind and heart with which you share your intimate moments. This apparition is made of nothing at all, but from its mouth comes the question: "Am I not your Beloved One?" and from you comes the soft reply:…
Embrace the beloved within your heart. I am in love with no other than myself, and my very separation is my union. I am my beloved and my lover; I am my knight and my maiden. Ibn e Arabi Sufis are lovers of God. It is the longing for the Beloved that draws them into connection with their heart. When…
Communicate and solve the conflicts. I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think. Rumi This oracle comes to you with guidance and confirmation that you have a heart big enough to freely speak out what you keep inside you without feeling embarrassed or fearing that you might be ridiculed or scorned.…
Be the author of your own life. I am not one who is weak against the turn of destiny. I will undo the wheel of heaven if it turns against my wish. Hafiz There are things in life that are in our control and those which are not. Inner peace and outer effectiveness come to those who can distinguish between…