Rumi and Pablo Neruda

man searching for spiritual treasure
could not find it, so he was praying.

A voice inside said,
“You were given the intuition to shoot an arrow
and then dig where it landed,
but you shot with all your archery skill!
You were told to draw the bow
with only a fraction of your ability.”

What you are looking for
is nearer than the big vein
on your neck! Let the arrow drop.

Don’t exhaust yourself like the philosophers,
who strain to shoot the high arcs
of their thought-arrows.
The more skill you use, the farther you’ll be
from what your deepest love wants.

~ RUMI


another gem:

Absence I have scarcely left you When you go in me, crystalline, Or trembling, Or uneasy, wounded by me Or overwhelmed with love, as when your eyes Close upon the gift of life That without cease I give you. My love, We have found each other Thirsty and we have Drunk up all the water and the Blood, We found each other Hungry And we bit each other As fire bites, Leaving wounds in us. But wait for me, Keep for me your sweetness. I will give you too A rose. Pablo Neruda

Monday - night

"If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come." -Chinese proverb

I have found this gem on Oriah Mountain Dreamer's blog.

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