Quoth the Lovers Evermore

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Repost: Quoth the Lovers Evermore "The path of all religions beats with the same heart of love and oneness when the dogma is removed." ~ Anonymous (from Jennifer) "The day will come when, after harnessing space, the winds, the tides, and gravitation, we shall harness for God the energies of Love. And on that day, for the second time in the history of the world, we shall have discovered fire." ~ Pierre Tielhard De Chardin "This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet." ~ Rumi Burning with longing fire, wanting to sleep with my head on your doorsill, my living is composed only of this trying to be in your Presence. Wine to intensify love; fire to consume. We bring these, not like images from a dream reality, but as an actual night to live through until dawn. The wine we really drink is our own blood. Our bodies ferment in these barrels. We give everything for a glass of this. We give our minds for a sip. ~ Rumi Dhikraki tasbihun wanahdayki ma'badu, wa-ana taqiyyur rahibul muta-abbidu (evoking you is heavenly praise, your bosom a temple and me the praying hermit, adoring you) ~ attributed to Leyla with comment by Amin al-Jundi "Someone went up to a madman who was weeping in the bitterest possible way. He said: 'Why do you cry?' The madman answered: 'I am crying to attract the pity of His heart.' The other told him: 'Your words are nonsense, for He has no physical heart." The madman answered: 'It is you who are wrong, for He is the owner of all the hearts which exist. Through the heart you can make your connection with God.'" ~ Attar of Nishapur "My heart can take on any appearance. The heart varies in accordance with variations of the innermost consciousness. It may appear in form as a gazelle meadow, a monkish cloister, an idol-temple, a pilgrim Kaaba, the tablets of the Torah for certain sciences, the bequest of the leaves of the Koran. My duty is the debt of Love. I accept freely and willingly whatever burden is placed upon me. Love is as the love of lovers, except that instead of loving the phenomenon, I love the Essential. That religion, that duty, is mine, and is my faith. A purpose of human love is to demonstrate ultimate, real love. This is the love which is conscious. The other is that which makes man unconscious of himself." ~ Ibn El-Arabi "One went to the door of the Beloved and knocked. A voice asked: 'Who is there?' He answered: 'It is I.' The voice said: 'There is no room here for me and thee.' The door was shut. After a year of solitude and deprivation this man returned to the door of the Beloved. He knocked. A voice from within asked: 'Who is there?' The man said: 'It is Thou.' The door was opened for him." ~ Rumi "Love and intimacy are at the root of what makes us sick and what makes us well, what causes sadness and what brings happiness, what makes us suffer and what leads to healing." ~ Dean Ornish, MD © Arjay 2006, 2008 {FEEL FREE TO OFFER YOUR FAVORITE QUOTES}