What Hurts the Soul?
by RUMI
We tremble, thinking we're about to dissolve into non-existence,
but non-existence fears even more that it might be given human form!
Loving God is the only pleasure.
Other delights turn bitter.
What hurts the soul?
To live without tasting the water of its own essence.
People focus on death and this material earth.
They have doubts about soul-water.
Those doubts can be reduced!
Use night to wake your clarity.
Darkness and the living water are lovers.
Let them stay up together.
When merchants eat their big meals and sleep their dead sleep,
we night-thieves go to work.
lundi 31 mars 2008
dimanche 30 mars 2008
vendredi 21 mars 2008
Happy Naw-Ruz!
One of the poems of Tahirih that celebrates life and a time of renewalmay actually have been written on Naw-Ruz. She refers to the day in the poem: Sleeper!
Sleeper! Wake up now!
Your lover is here!Get up, and brush the cobwebs off your hair.
Now your sweet love has come with love for you.
Wake up, dead lover! Your loved one is here.
The doctor of mercy stands by your bed.
Get up! Get up! No more grief, no more tears!
You - still cold from your long separation -will now embrace your love!
That much is clear!
So wan, so worn,
and wasted by the Fall...
Get up! Get up!
At last the Spring is here.
It's New Year's Day.
Life is calling for you.
Rise up, you corpse of every dead, past year!
- trans. by Amin Banani and Anthony A. Leepublished in the book Tahirih: A Portrait in Poetryhttp://www.kalimat.com
Best Wishes for a Happy and Prosperous New Year! 165 B.E.
One of the poems of Tahirih that celebrates life and a time of renewalmay actually have been written on Naw-Ruz. She refers to the day in the poem: Sleeper!
Sleeper! Wake up now!
Your lover is here!Get up, and brush the cobwebs off your hair.
Now your sweet love has come with love for you.
Wake up, dead lover! Your loved one is here.
The doctor of mercy stands by your bed.
Get up! Get up! No more grief, no more tears!
You - still cold from your long separation -will now embrace your love!
That much is clear!
So wan, so worn,
and wasted by the Fall...
Get up! Get up!
At last the Spring is here.
It's New Year's Day.
Life is calling for you.
Rise up, you corpse of every dead, past year!
- trans. by Amin Banani and Anthony A. Leepublished in the book Tahirih: A Portrait in Poetryhttp://www.kalimat.com
Naw-Ruz is the first day of the new year. It coincides with the spring equinox in the northern hemisphere. About Naw-Ruz
The Bab introduced a new calendar, known now as the Badí or Bahai calendar. According to this calendar, a day is the period from sunset to sunset. In the Bayan, the Bab ordained the month of Ala to be the month of fasting, decreed that the day of Naw-Ruz should mark the termination of that period, and designated Naw-Rúz as the Day of God. Baha'u'llah confirms the Badí calendar wherein Naw-Ruz is designated as a feast. Naw-Ruz is the first day of the new year. It coincides with the spring equinox in the northern hemisphere, which usually occurs on 21 March. Baha'u'llah explains that this feast day is to be celebrated on whatever day the sun passes into the constellation of Aries (i.e. the vernal equinox), even should this occur one minute before sunset. Hence Naw-Rúz could fall on 20, 21, or 22 March, depending on the time of the equinox. Baha'u'llah has left the details of many laws to be filled in by the Universal House of Justice. Among these are a number of matters affecting the Bahai calendar. The Guardian has stated that the implementation, worldwide, of the law concerning the timing of Naw-Ruz will require the choice of a particular spot on earth which will serve as the standard for the fixing of the time of the spring equinox. He also indicated that the choice of this spot has been left to the decision of the Universal House of Justice.Dear Reader : This page is replete with "Baha'i" names and titles such as "the Bab", "Bayan", "Universal House of Justice" and "the Guardian" without explanation. We understand that this can be confusing and so we encourage you to learn more about these terms and the Baha'i Faith at your nearest Baha'i Center or on the internet at http://www.bahai.org
www.nawruz.net
The Bab introduced a new calendar, known now as the Badí or Bahai calendar. According to this calendar, a day is the period from sunset to sunset. In the Bayan, the Bab ordained the month of Ala to be the month of fasting, decreed that the day of Naw-Ruz should mark the termination of that period, and designated Naw-Rúz as the Day of God. Baha'u'llah confirms the Badí calendar wherein Naw-Ruz is designated as a feast. Naw-Ruz is the first day of the new year. It coincides with the spring equinox in the northern hemisphere, which usually occurs on 21 March. Baha'u'llah explains that this feast day is to be celebrated on whatever day the sun passes into the constellation of Aries (i.e. the vernal equinox), even should this occur one minute before sunset. Hence Naw-Rúz could fall on 20, 21, or 22 March, depending on the time of the equinox. Baha'u'llah has left the details of many laws to be filled in by the Universal House of Justice. Among these are a number of matters affecting the Bahai calendar. The Guardian has stated that the implementation, worldwide, of the law concerning the timing of Naw-Ruz will require the choice of a particular spot on earth which will serve as the standard for the fixing of the time of the spring equinox. He also indicated that the choice of this spot has been left to the decision of the Universal House of Justice.Dear Reader : This page is replete with "Baha'i" names and titles such as "the Bab", "Bayan", "Universal House of Justice" and "the Guardian" without explanation. We understand that this can be confusing and so we encourage you to learn more about these terms and the Baha'i Faith at your nearest Baha'i Center or on the internet at http://www.bahai.org
www.nawruz.net
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