Sufism

O Marvel! A garden amidst the flames.
My heart has become capable of every form:
it is a pasture for gazelles and a convent for Christian monks,
and a temple for idols and the pilgrim's Kaa'ba,
and the tables of the Torah and the book of the Quran.
I follow the religion of Love: whatever way Love's camels take,
that is my religion and my faith.

Muhammed Ibn 'Ali Ibn 'Arabi (1165 - 1240 ce)

You think of yourself
as a citizen of the universe.
You think you belong
to this world of dust and matter.
Out of this dust
you have created a personal image,
and have forgotten
about the essence of your true origin.

Rumi

I've come again
like a new year
to crash the gate
of this old prison

i've come again
to break the teeth and claws
of this man-eating
monster we call life

i've come again
to puncture the
glory of the cosmos
who mercilessly
destroys humans

i am the falcon
hunting down the birds
of black omen
before their flights

i gave my word
at the outset to
give my life
with no qualms
i pray to the Lord
to break my back
before i break my word

how do you dare to
let someone like me
intoxicated with love
enter your house

you must know better
if i enter
i'll break all this and
destroy all that

if the sheriff arrives
i'll throw the wine
in his face
if your gatekeeper
pulls my hand
i'll break his arm

if the heavens don't go round
to my heart's desire
i'll crush its wheels and
pull out its roots

you have set up
a colorful table
calling it life and
asked me to your feast
but punish me if
i enjoy myself

what tyranny is this?

Rumi

I have learned so much from God that I can no longer call myself a Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim, a Buddhist, a Jew. The Truth has shared so much of Itself with me that I can no longer call myself a man, a woman, an angel, or even a pure Soul. Love has befriended me so completely it has turned me to ash and freed me of every concept and image my mind has ever known.

Hafez

Sokout "The Silence" Iran 1998

https://youtube.com/watch?v=-fZVrBa8iGQ

I saw my Lord with the eye of my heart.
He said, "Who are you?" I said, "I am You."
You are He Who fills all place
but place does not know where You are.
In my subsistence is my annihilation;
in my annihilation, I remain You.

-Mansur Al-Hallaj (858– 922).

Alas, don't tell me the Christians are lost.
Don't tell me the Jews are lost.
Don't tell me the infidels are lost.
Alas, my brother, you are lost,
That is why everyone else seems lost.

Rumi

As-Salamu Alaykum.

Just wanted to wish you all a happy new year.

May Allah bless the world and insha-Allah peace will spread throughout the universe.

Love your Sunni brother.

I am full of love tonight
Come look into my eyes, and let’s go off
Sailing, my dear, on a long ocean ride.
This world will not touch you,
I will keep you snug upon my seat.

Let’s plot to make the moon jealous
With a radiance leaping from your cheek.
I will be full of love tonight,
Come look into these ancient eyes!
And let’s go off sailing, my dear,
with our spirits intertwined.

Your body is just an old sandbar
In a speeding hourglass of time.
Love will turn the mouth of sorrow
right side up.

Let your heart commence its destined
Laughing chime!
Hafiz will be brimful of love tonight,
why ever be shy?
Come look into the playful eyes of my verse,
they are eternally branded,
Branded with The Sun!

― Hafiz, 'I am full of love tonight'