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Favourite Hafiz quotes

2009-12-28T15:04:57Z

There are different wells within your heart.
Some fill with each good rain,
Others are far too deep for that.

Your love
Should never be offered to the mouth of a
Stranger,
Only to someone
Who has the valor and daring
To cut pieces of their soul off with a knife
Then weave them into a blanket
To protect you.

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.

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What's your favourite Hafiz poem??

2009-12-19T16:40:03Z

Let's start a swapping of favourites!

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Biography of Hafiz

2009-04-23T11:30:53Z

http://www.hafizonlove.com/bio/index.htm

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wheel of life (i)

2009-04-16T19:24:05Z

in this eternal expedition,
we call existence,
nothing is too soon
nobody to late
just another turn
and another way
to bewildered
and to play

Shervin
April 2009

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~Rock n Roll~

2009-04-12T01:46:55Z

"Don't surrender your loneliness
So quickly.
Let it cut more deep.

Let it ferment and season you
As few human
Or even divine ingredients can.

Something missing in my heart tonight
Has made my eyes so soft,
My voice
So tender,

My need of Allah
Absolutely
Clear."

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Missing Person - Update

2009-04-10T17:40:53Z

Hi Folks..

Awhile ago, I passed this along...about a Tribe sister who's son Chris has been missing since September.

(Here is the website:http://www.findchris.org/)

There is some news! It is the first lead in the case!

"Today a girl working at a gas station in Cortez, CO says' she can positively identify Chris as a boy that has come in several time, most recently with 2-3 day, trying to buy cigarettes..."

Please pass this info along to anyone you know in Colorado and especially in the Cortez area.

Here is a link to a map for Cortez, CO:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Cortez,+CO,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title

thanks,

Jon

PS - Wendy from the Tribe Net staff has given me permission to cross post

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sad news from Isfahan

2009-04-05T20:48:31Z

This is not about Hafiz, it is about the Sufis in Iran but I thought some of yuo might want to know:

Suifi mosque destroyed in Isfahan

Feb. 19th 2009

A house of worship of the Gonabadi dervishes in Isfahan has reportedly been destroyed by the Iranian authorities.

The reason for the destruction -- which reportedly took place shortly after midnight on February 18 -- is not clear, but it comes amid growing pressure on dervishes, who practice the Sufi tradition of Islam, and other religious minorities in Iran.

The dervish house of worship, or hosseinieh, was located next to the tomb of the great poet and dervish Naser Ali at the historical Takht-e Foulad cemetery, where a number of respected Iranian figures are buried.

Dervishes gathered there to pray, meditate, read Sufi poetry, and perform religious ceremonies. In recent months, following the demolition of several dervish sites throughout Iran, dervishes in Isfahan had expressed concern that their hosseinieh could meet a similar fate.

To prevent that from happening, several of the local dervishes were spending nights at the hosseinieh to keep watch.

But there was little they could do when, in the early hours of February 18, some 200 members of the security forces, police, and plainclothes agents arrived.

The dervishes' mobile phones were taken away to prevent them from informing others of the raid, and they were detained and transferred to a police station.

Abdol Saleh Loghmani, one of the Isfahan dervishes, told RFE/RL that the security forces cut off water and electricity to the area, and destroyed the walls around the poet's tomb with a bulldozer.

"They also destroyed the library where [religious] books were kept. They demolished the big hall where we had our Monday and Friday ceremonies and also our Sunday dawn meetings. They took away all the carpets and other property," he said.

He said the five people were detained, but they were released after the authorities completed the demolition. He that added authorities then dispersed the dervishes who, after hearing the news about the destruction, had gathered around the site.

Crackdown On Minorities

Sufis in Isfahan and elsewhere in Iran see the raid as just one part of a campaign by conservatives against the Gonabadi dervishes. The crackdown has included arrests, court summons, and accusations in the media that Sufism is a deviation from true Islam.

A Sufi house of worship was demolished in the city of Qom in 2006; another was partially destroyed in Borujerd in 2007; and a Sufi prayer house in Kish was forced to close late in 2008.

Some Sufis have faced arrest, been sentenced to lashings, or been forced to pledge not to attend Sufi ceremonies.

Mostafa Azmayesh, the author of several books on Sufism and the representative of the Gonabadi dervishes outside Iran, told RFE/RL that what he describes as "hidden pressure" on dervishes is also growing.

Authorities "have said that dervishes are not allowed to be buried in Beydokht [the main birthplace of leaders of the Gonabadi dervishes] anymore," he said. "There is a [cemetery] there that belongs to the Gonabadi branch, and some dervishes write in their testaments that they want to be buried there -- but the Beydokht municipality has banned it."

Sufis observe Islamic beliefs, but they also believe in pursuit of the truth through mysticism. Some conservative clerics consider Sufism a danger to Islam.

Dervishes believe that what they describe as their sect's growing popularity is one of the reasons behind the growing state pressure. They say many Iranians are fed up with the official state interpretation of Islam and are attracted to alternative approaches.

Azmayesh says it is clear that there is growing state intolerance toward religious minorities in Iran.

"These demolitions...demonstrate the oppression and crimes that are being committed against the religious minorities in Iran -- when they treat dervishes that are Shi'ite Muslims in this manner. It's not clear what [authorities] do to the other [Iranian citizens] who are the followers of other religions," he said.

Rights groups say respect for religious freedom has deteriorated in Iran since hard-line President Mahmud Ahmadinejad took power some four years ago.

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New Member

2008-12-01T19:30:21Z

Just joined and am so pleased to find a tribe on the poetry of Hafiz.I have only known the poetry of Hafiz through Ladinskys translations and recently discovered that according to some experts I may not know of Hafiz at all.In any case what I do know is that the Hafiz I have met through his translations is more like a friend and companion,a living,loving,passionate,warm,intimate,honest and open presence,than just a ancient poet!This Hafiz makes me laugh and weep and long.It speaks to all the beautiful and dark places of longing.It blesses all my desires as desires for the One Beloved and Friend.It makes my soul and body want to become pregnant with God .To dance wildly with my friend the poet.This Hafiz has become for me a face of God and of my own true Self.I am crazy mad about That Hafiz.Thanks for being here and for sharing the liquid light that is Hafiz!! D.K.

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Just Joing In Here.....

2008-11-23T12:58:24Z

I once heard on a recording of Coleman Barks where he said that Hafiz was considered the "bad boy" of the Persian poets. That comment warmed my little soul greatly....(grin). Here is on of my favorites:

A New World

Let’s offer flowers, pour a cup of libation,
Split open the skies and start anew creation.

If the forces of grief invade our lovers’ veins,
Cupbearer and I will wash away this temptation.

With rose water we'll mellow crimson wine's bitter cup;
we'll sugar the fire to sweeten smoke's emanation.

Take up this fine lyre, musician, strike up a love song;
Let’s dance, sing all night, go wild in celebration.

As dust, O west wind, let us rise to the Heavens,
Floating free in Creator’s glow of elation.

If mind desires to return while heart cries to stay,
here's a quarrel for love's deliberation.

Alas, these words and songs go for naught in this land;
Come, Hafez, let’s create a new generation.

[from Hafez: Teachings of the Philospher of Love,
by Haleh Pourafzal and Roger Montgomery]

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Poetry of Hafiz

2008-11-21T10:55:43Z

Hafiz

Ghazal I

http://www.hafizonlove.com/divan/01/001.htm

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Tribute to Hafiz | Sufi Samuel L. Lewis

2008-11-16T10:20:58Z

"Hafiz!"

What a joy to utter the name! What a thrill in the heart. I have never had a vision of him and hardly read a line of his poetry, yet - picture him and what do I see? Smiles! One big smile, bearing joy to all who greet him. He is like sunshine, bringing comfort and courage.

In my days of darkness he was with me, guiding me, encouraging me, showing me the way, always smiling, always cheerful.

When I look at the beautiful trees and pleasant meadows of sunny California, I picture him in his rose garden at Shiraz and feel that, had he not been born where and when he was, this country with its lovely scenery and beautiful weather would have brought inspiration to his heart, and ode upon ode would have resulted.

Allons, Hafiz! To study your works together!

I hear the blue birds twittering in the trees,
The leafy branches fluttering in the breeze,
While I sit here, musing at my ease,
Thinking of thee, Hafiz.

The trees around me spring has clothed in green
On hillside and in lovely vale between,
A typical lovely California scene,
Reminding me of thee, Hafiz.

And now to study and to read thy book,
Neath shelt'ring trees and in his lonely nook,
For though alone, God has not forsook me,
Nor thee, Hafiz!

Hafiz is always young. Not a boy or youth, but in early manhood. He has the spirit and enthusiasm of the child and youth with the wisdom of experience.

- from writings of 1925 Retreat of Sufi Samuel L. Lewis in the book titled, "Sufi Vision and Initiation: Meetings with Remarkable Beings." | photo of the tomb of Hafez in Shiraz, Iran

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Come...

2008-10-18T05:16:06Z

"Forget every idea of right and wrong, any classroom ever taught you, because an empty heart, a tormented mind, unkindness, jealousy and fear are always the testimony that you have been completely fooled. Turn your back on those who would imprison your wondrous spirit with deceit and lies. Come join the honest company of the king’s beggars, those gamblers, scoundrels and divine clowns and those astonishing fair courtesans who need Divine Love every night. Come, join the courageous who have no choice but to bet their entire world that indeed Allah is real. Let me lead you into the circle of the Beloved’s cunning thieves, those playful royal rouges, the ones you can trust for true guidance who can aid you in this blessed calamity of life." ~Hafiz

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Would You Think It Odd?

2008-09-25T16:15:07Z

Would you think it odd if Hafiz said,

"I am in love with every church
And mosque
And temple
And any kind of shrine

Because I know it is there
That people say the different names
Of the One God."

Would you tell your friends
I was a bit strange if I admitted

I am indeed in love with every mind
And heart and body.

O I am sincerely
Plumb crazy
About your every thought and yearning
And limb

Because, my dear,
I know
That it is through these

That you search for Him.

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Death Valley

2008-06-03T20:35:49Z

Death Valley

Crashed and down
Sad and sound
Dark and ground

Witch hunting has begun

Not a wave
Nor a cave
Pained like a slave

Misty, all surround

Wish is gone
Love is gone
Faith rotten and down

Doubt the master and the élan

Crazy skin
Wild hair
Mad rhythm in my head

Heartbeat, like whispers of a dead pound

Die before dead
Cry in the cage
Burn in your edge

No victory without various damage

Kill all you are
to keep the life
Go, kiss, goodbye,

Fire is flaming to make you fly

SHERVIN

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Koran Online

2008-04-20T07:21:04Z

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/koran/browse.html

The Opening

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/k/koran/koran-idx?type=DIV0&byte=774

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with a Love like that

2008-03-23T16:43:01Z

"Even after all this time
The sun never says to the earth,
"You owe me."
Look what happens
with a Love like that ~
it lights the whole world."

~ Hafiz (c. 1320-1389)
Translated by Daniel Ladinsky

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Come & Cut my head off

2008-02-25T13:11:59Z

Come & Cut my head off

There is a tie in my head
I know
and I realize,
the way
to free this mind
is to lose the head

There is a cramp in my heart
I feel
in each inhalation
and
in all exhalations
and I am aware
a sharp arrow is the liberation

so come to me
cut this head off
but cut it tender and soft

So come to me
and penetrate
your poisoned arrow
deep in this chest
search slowly for my heart
but push the arrow with passion
do it with ecstasy and in joy

Shervin February 24 2008

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Petition

2008-02-18T02:58:56Z

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/removal-of-the-pics-of-muhammad-from-wikipedia

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Last words of DR.RANDY.Spare a few min to watch it

2008-02-10T06:34:38Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tIyt8oSLVs

Lov
Maggi

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about my new Spiritual Rumi Cd (Rumi's love ) it is perfect for Valentine

2008-02-07T17:53:42Z

I hope you're doing wonderfully.

I am writing to let you know that after about a year I have finished my
second CD ( Rumi's Love )and am very excited to share it with all of you. This Cd
contains the recite love poems of the mystic poet Rumi, With original
music from Hamoon Tehrani. I hope you enjoy it.
This Cd now is available at CDbaby.com, amazon.com, iTunes and my
website
www.trueloverumi.com.
If you have any questions, my email is …sinajon1@yahoo.com.

Peace and love

Sina

www.trueloverumi.com

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new tribe

2008-02-05T11:34:13Z

I created a new tribe for Arabian love poems.
tribes.tribe.net/arabianlovepoems

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I'll say it again ..again...

2008-02-04T04:52:03Z

I've said it before and I'll say it again:

It's not my fault that with a broken heart, I've gone this way.
In front of a mirror they have put me like a parrot,
And behind the mirror the Teacher tells me what to say.
Whether I am perceived as a thorn or a rose, it's
The Gardener who has fed and nourished me day to day.
O friends, don't blame me for this broken heart;
Inside me there is a great jewel and it's to the Jeweler's shop I go.
Even though, to pious, drinking wine is a sin,
Don't judge me; I use it as a bleach to wash the color of hypocrisy away.
All that laughing and weeping of lovers must be coming from some other place;
Here, all night I sing with my winecup and then moan for You all day.

If someone were to ask Hafiz, "Why do you spend all your time sitting in
The Winehouse door?," to this man I would say, "From there, standing,
I can see both the Path and the Way.

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about my new Spiritual Rumi Cd (Rumi's love )

2008-01-28T01:47:50Z

I hope you're doing wonderfully.

I am writing to let you know that after about a year I have finished my
second CD and am very excited to share it with all of you. This Cd
contains the recite love poems of the mystic poet Rumi, With original
music from Hamoon Tehrani. I hope you enjoy it.
This Cd now is available at CDbaby.com, amazon.com, iTunes and my
website
www.trueloverumi.com.
If you have any questions, my email is …sinajon1@yahoo.com.

Peace and love

Sina

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Leave a Quote

2008-01-24T03:39:12Z

The obstacle is the path.
--Zen Proverb

"Loneliness is as good as darkness, mainly when one knows that, opening the eyes, there is light on the other side".

In the land of the deaf
The one eared man gets the glasses
--Confucius' brother

In a mad world, only the mad are sane.
-- Akira Kurosawa

So many gods, so many creeds, So many paths that wind and wind, While just
the art of being kind is all the sad world needs.
---Ella Wheeler Wilcox, poet (1850-1919)

There is one single consciousness, and an infinite number of minds, and in each mind an infinite number of thoughts and each thought an infinite number of values. There is an infinite number of truths to be known that are relative and only one absolute truth of infinity. It is never to be found outside of one's self

"When I see I am nothing,
that is wisdom.
When I see I am everything,
that is love.
And between these two,
my life flows."

'The mind that does not understand is the Buddha. There is no other'
-Zen Proverb

Lov
Maggi

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you tell them

2007-12-23T21:30:53Z

I am gone
And far beyond
Yoú tell them:
“This the time t say goodbye to him, let him go”

I am not from here
nor do I belong to this talks and thoughts
Yoú tell them:
“He is useless, faithless, worthless, let him go”

My chants are not made for earthly ears,
I dance like a savage, in their eyes
My love song sounds like a scream in their polluted, dark caves
Yoú tell them:
“kick him out, away with him, send him to the wild”.

The mountain height, the depth of ocean, the dark jungle
Yoú tell them:
“put the beast where he belongs!”

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Dr Hossein Elahi Ghomsheh-i

2007-12-18T07:42:08Z

http://www.persianwisdom.org/

look at is webpage....he knows it all!

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Hafiz and The School of Love in Classical Persian Poetry

2007-12-18T07:34:07Z

Conference
30 March – 1 April 2007
University of Exeter, Exeter

http://www.river-valley.tv/conferences/hafiz/hafiz2006/

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hidden

2007-12-06T22:11:44Z

Oh,
Love is hidden,
And will

Getting in
Is getting lost
And
Entering the forbidden

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The Size of the love Bruise

2007-12-03T14:41:56Z

found this poem by Hafiz:

The gauge of a good poem is
the size of the love bruise it leaves
on your neck.

The size of the love bruise it can paint
on your brain.

The size of the love bruise it can weave
into your soul.
Or indeed
it could be all of the
above.

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Happy Thanksgiving!

2007-11-22T15:47:05Z

Wishing everyone a very happy Thanksgiving.

take care all,

Jon

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" Praise for Hafiz............."

2007-11-16T16:07:50Z

Praise for Hafiz .............

Goethe:
In his poetry Hafiz has inscribed undeniable truth indelibly ... Hafiz has no peer!

Emerson :
Hafiz defies you to show him or put him in a condition inopportune or ignoble ... He fears nothing. He sees too far; he sees throughout; such is the only man I wish to see or be.

Edward Fitzgerald:
The best musician of Words.

Gertrude Bell:
It is as if his mental eye; endowed with wonderful acuteness of vision, had penetrated into those provinces of thought which we of a later age were destined to inhabit.

A. J. Arberry:
... Hafiz is as highly esteemed by his countrymen as Shakespeare by us, and deserves as serious consideration.

Ibrahim Gamard.
Hafiz is known throughout the world as Persia's greatest poet, with sales of his poems in Iran only surpassed by those of the Qur'an itself. His probing and joyful verse speaks to people from all backgrounds who long to taste and feel divine love and experience harmony with all living things

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finding Hafiz

2007-10-16T14:58:37Z

I have the hardest time finding Hafiz in local book stores. Yeah, yeah, I know I can go to the internet, but no Hafiz in book stores? I couldn't even find him in Powell's. Sup with that?

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JESUS CHRIST+JESU KRISTE+YESHUA HAMASHIACH+JESUS CHRISTUS+JESU KRISTU+ISOUS HRISTOS

2007-10-02T20:24:48Z

JESUS CHRIST+JESU KRISTE+YESHUA HAMASHIACH+JESUS CHRISTUS+JESU KRISTU+ISOUS HRISTOS

Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophesy and keep those things which are written in it; for the time is near. REVELATION 1:3

And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth." REVELATION 11:3

He who testifies to these things says, " Surely I am coming quickly." Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus! The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. REVELATION 22:20-21

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Everyone, has the responsibility to find the truth for themselves. What is stated below, must be researched and verified, so that every individual can then decide to accept, or discard it as myth. The only truth is God the Father, the Son our Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. Read the Bible, pray to the Holy Spirit for guidance and our Lord Jesus Christ will not abandon you, but will place the truth in your heart.

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We must not try to copy the world, but be different to it, as the example set by our Teacher, our Lord Jesus Christ. Being the same as the world, sharing its base values, being part of the fashion trends, is all part of Satan's system (Sex changes that are taking place ever more frequently and therefore not knowing anymore who is a man or a woman). The Pope of Rome is one of Satan's instruments (the Papists have immense power and wealth, our Lord Jesus Christ was humble and owned nothing). Talmudists/Zionists want to rebuild Solomon's Temple and proclaim their own false king of the world (there is only one King of the Jews and Orthodox Christians and that is our Lord Jesus Christ). Their power base is the U.S.A (Superpower of the world). They contol many governments, banks, newspapers, television stations (the media in general), etc. We must not forget the very elusive and cunning Masonic Lodges which form part of Satan's means to spread anti-Christian and heretic information. Television and video has been one of the most powerful tools of Satan, which has ruined the ethics which sustained our youth and the family unit. With pornography in all its forms, men have been misled and subsequently their women, a whole generation of our youth and their families have been devoured by Satan. We have forgotten about God, the Bible and prayer and have allowed ourselves to go down the road to hell and have fallen into Satan's trap (in other words we are slaves to flesh and our desires). Hedonism is the aim of humanity.

The group that is attempting to rule the world, consists of three member countries, U.S.A, Europe and Japan (3 presidents). Their central control, consists of 32 members (of the 29, 8 are Americans; 9 from Japan; 12 from the European Union (contolled from Belgium/Luxembourg). Head of the 3 member group is Rockefeller (his head quaters is in Rhodes, Greece; his specific influence is in the U.S.A and E.U). Whoever does not obey the orders of this group are murdered. Death is the penalty for disobedience. Another Satanic "club" is called, Bildeberg. They can destroy any government and put a new one together again. They can make a country vanish and create a new one too. 200 members, which include intelligence agencies (CIA; BIA; BND (Ger.); SIB (Ital.); SPELA (Fra.)). There are members who are involved with NATO and hold important positions in the US administration, etc. They hold an extremely harsh stance against the East, especially with Russia because of its Christian Orthodox heritage. They exterminate/demolish any opposition.

An enemy going back thousands of years is head quatered in China (the Himalayas/Tibet). The Seljuks come from that region, who are the ancestors of the Turks, who attacked and oppressed Christian Orthodoxy in Asia Minor and Greece. The Turks/Jews have tried many times to wipe out the Greeks and Christian Orthodoxy. They call the Greeks and Christian Orthodoxy, the people of the "Blue Trigramaton" (which is refering to the Holy Light that emenates from our Lord Jesus Christ's tomb). The roots of martial arts is that region spoken of above. Martial arts are Satanic and anti-Christian and yet has our youth spellbound under the innocent guise of sport/fitness. In the Himalayas there is a glass pyramid (Sambala), it has many entrances. This is where the White Brotherhood is based. It's aim is to destroy all the world's religions except its own. It has more power than the U.S.A. It has more resources at its disposal than all the governments in the world. It has infiltrated and controls many governments and religions (Roman Catholics, Protestants and Judaism). The First and Second World Wars were masterminded by them. They are going to start the Third World War too. The White Brotherhood works with the Bildeberg club and all the others. They are assisted by the Zionists. They created Hitler and introduced the Swastika (broken cross, that is what it means). Hirohito of Japan was responsible for a massive bloodbath, but he was not punished like the others, after the Second World War because he was a member of the world ruling 3 member group mentioned above. Grey Wolves (Turkish Muslims), are connected to the White Brotherhood. Only Grey Wolves members may rule Turkey. They must always mantain a harsh stance against Greece/Christian Orthodoxy (Turgut Ozal, was exterminated for his softer stance).

The White Brotherhood want to destroy the followers of Jesus Christ. They call His followers, bipods or two-legged ones. Their methods are many: thirst, hunger on a worldwide scale. All plants and forests must be destroyed. Wars, so as to ensure maximum slaughter. They refer to humanity as a chicken breeding farm. They destroy humanity with drugs; they have contaminated our drinking water (it has been doctored with medication); our food is also contaminated and our clothes too from the fancy washing powders that we use (that is why everyone is getting ill and they don't know why). Thirst on a worldwide scale, for eg.. Euphrates to be dried up because of Turkey, which will lead to a confrontation with Iran/Syria. Hunger, for eg., Russia was the world's wheat provider, even the U.S.A relied on her. The White Brotherhood ensured that Russia would starve. In Moscow young women give themselves for a plate of food. Homosexuality, the U.S.A being its banner. One can go on and on, but there will be no end then. It is devestating. But do not despair, if you are a follower of our Lord Jesus Christ because He has defeated Satan and the world.

(This is a summarized version and a translation of a tape recording in Greek, from a Greek Orthodox perspective ofcourse, given to me by a Monk at Calvary/Golgotha in Jerusalem, Christmas, 2001. I cannot divulge any names, nor my own because this is a very dangerous subject. You will have to verify the truthfullness of the matter yourself. Please excuse my errors of spelling or other. May God forgive me if I am wrong about any of this, but I do it with honest intentions. God bless you. From a humble follower of our Lord Jesus Christ.)

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"These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world." JOHN 16:33

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"LORD JESUS CHRIST, HAVE MERCY ON ME."

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Feel free to join my new group devoted to the Ahl-ul-Bayt.

2007-09-29T06:06:21Z

http://tribes.tribe.net/ahlulbayt
Ramadhan kareem,
-Bilal.

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Sad News

2007-09-18T17:16:37Z

Sad News

Someone in my friends network here on Tribe Net is experiencing some real problems.

Her son has now been missing for seven days.

Here is the news article:

http://boards.courttv.com/showthread.php?s=4224a720d737d5fdc0475258fd04b73a&threadid=310444

And here is her profile page:

http://people.tribe.net/artistpriestess

Please send her and her son some good vibes.

Thanks,

Jon

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Science vs. Religeon in Sufi Poetry.

2007-09-15T16:58:01Z

I heard this poem sang on a CD I received recently, and it thoroughly impressed me. Thought I'd share it with all yall fine folks. I have to verify who the poet is, but I know it's a line from a Ghazal.

In this one line, is also a word which I feel has no direct transilation to English, so I'll give it my best to contextualize.

Tekye bar taghvaa o danesh dar tarighat kafareest,
Raahro gar sad honar daarad, Tavakkol Baayadash.

Leaning on Faith or Science (taghvaa o danesh) in "the path" (tarighat: the sufi path of seeking) is blasphemy!!

----So he's already blwon both science and religeon out of the water. Then what?-----

If the seeker has a hundred arts (meaning having cultivated many desirable attributes) , he must have reliance (tavakkol).

What's Tavakkol: the dictionary transilates it as reliance or trust.

but it's not that. What this poem, and the sufi path imply, is reliance on the divine, in action. ( I will use God as a commonly used placeholder for "the beloved, the divine") It's saying rely on god, and live in, in action. With the same certainty that one walks on ground, understanding, before they put their foot down, there will be a ground to receive them, step off a ledge (not literally, but spiritually) knowing that God will be there to give you something to step on.

Now don't go stepping off ledges or nothing.

but just notice how science and religeon are both out weighed by reliance ini action.

lvoelovelove, and thensome.

peace
h.

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Hafez for the Man.

2007-09-14T22:38:43Z

dear hafez lovers.

I've sang this line of Hafez for the Man the past five years at Burning Man, and wanted to share it with you.

Be paaye kheeshtan aayand aasheghan be kamandat,
Ke har-ke raa to begiri, ze kheestan berahaani.

the lovers come to your trap on their own feet,
for whomever you capture, you release them from themselves.

peace and love.
h.

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Poetry of Hafiz II

2007-09-13T16:30:51Z

Seemed to be some problems with the old thread

guess the gremlins are at work again....

Ghazal 41

www.hafizonlove.com/divan/01/041.htm

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Heart Warming poems

2007-09-01T14:31:14Z

Hi Friends ,these are the fascinating set of poems ,say heart warming........fwd from my friend.I could't resist sharing with you all.Wish you enjoy .

Let the passions and bonds pass-by
Who has lived in this land forever?
Path of arrival is known - but
Path of departure and the route unknown.
If all who came opt to stay
Where's the space in this sphere?
Life is just a business -in which
the birth is credit and death is debit.

*******************************

Though born without a dress,
did we come without passions?
when we complete the merriment
can anyone carry their possessions?

********************************

Mind is like a tortoise - in which
the truth hides in silence
words can bring out only the half
while justice calmly sleeps

********************************

With passions as waves
we dance like the boat
in our passage of life
With the wind of youth,
by flying in the chariot of love,
man and woman make merry, enjoy
and surprise themselves
but who can guess tomorrow's path
today itself?

*********************************

Lov
Maggi

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~Wells

2007-08-11T04:56:16Z

"There are different wells within your heart.
Some fill with each good rain,
Others are far too deep for that.

In one well
You have just a few precious cups of water,
That "love" is literally something of yourself,
It can grow as slow as a diamond
If it is lost.

Your love
Should never be offered to the mouth of a
Stranger,
Only to someone
Who has the valor and daring
To cut pieces of their soul off with a knife
Then weave them into a blanket
To protect you.

There are different wells within us.
Some fill with each good rain,
Others are far, far too deep
For that."

~Hafiz

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RETURN Simurgh’s song

2007-08-03T13:25:18Z

RETURN Simurgh’s song

The time has come
To fly again
The horizon is bleeding,
Spin up!
To the sky again

Recall your wings
And they will return
The sun has been hidden
Weep loud!
Let her shine again

The Darkness not meant to sleep
The night is to remember
The pain is the path
Awake!
Glimpse beauty of the Lost again

The time has come
The heaven
Must be found again
Return!
The bleeding-heart
Flow!
The Angelic from
Will be draw again

Glory is the motion
Grieve is the cage
Chant!
Melancholic soul
And fly again

Shervin
July 2007

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Light Upon Light

2007-07-29T21:34:42Z

The light Upon light

Secret is the song that turned the birds on
To search for Simorgh* in Far East
and far beyond

Secret is the image Farhad glimpsed
That brought hem the dance, the rapture
That he engraved Shirins name on the Rock
And all around

The quest is the secret
The name is the way
The searching is the path
The dead way is
to stay

Not the ear knows the tongue of the secret
Nor the tongue knows the sounds of the secret

The Hymn was meant to hear by bleeding hearts,
Not the curious minds
The Zikr** is the song of spirit,
Not the mortal kinds

The uniqueness of the lover:
he always hear her sounds

The only path to light is becoming light,
And then
to surrender
to Light Upon Light

Shervin
July 2007

*The Persian Phoenix
** Sufi Mantra

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Two Wings

2007-07-29T21:33:00Z

Two Wings

Forgive me,
I am searching,
Forgive my desperation
It is the pain of separation

This is the song of my life story
The longing of sing is the mystery

Any one who is been in pain
Look for people to hear his rhyme
Each dark cloud is a hidden blossom
If only there is a willing earth to let its rain

Thee art thunder,
Says the master,
Thee shall turn
Shout the caster

All signs and symbols hide two wings
The Two made The One
So became beauty the beings

The One fulfilling my mind,
The Two embracing my heart,
The doubt is without,
within is all sight

I see the light
and I hear the sigh
forgot the rhythm
but know the hymn
don’t know the way
but reckon,
this side

Past is present
And present is the past
My story is a history
The tale went so fast

Pain and doubts and fears
Tears and tenderness and treasures
All will leave
What remain are the wings
and the wishes
The dreams, memories
and the moves
The need to fly,

The Angelic desire
to become destroyed
by dust of illuminated light
up on light

Shervin
July 2007

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True Elegance

2007-07-20T08:11:49Z

ELEGANCE

It
Is not easy
To stop thinking ill
Of others.

Usually one must enter into a friendship
With a person
Who has accomplished that great feat himself
Then

Something
Might start to rub off on you
Of that

True
Elegance

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Times I have said

2007-07-04T13:18:14Z

Times I have said; and again I say,
That, heart bereft, not of myself, have I gone this Path (of love).
Behind the (pure) mirror (of the holy traveller's heart) me, they have kept like the Parrot.
What the Teacher of eternity without beginning said: "Say"; I say.
Whether I be the thorn, or whether the rose, there is a sward-adorner (God),
By whose hand, as (it) cherished me, I grew.
O friends! Me, heart-bereft, astonished, censure not:
A great jewel I have; and the master of vision (the jeweller: God), I seek.
Although to (the wearer of) the patched (dervish) garment, (the drinking of) wine rose of hue, is a sin,
Me, censure not; for with it (from off the dervish garment), the colour of hypocrisy, I wash.
From another place, is the laughing and the weeping of lovers:
In the night (through union with the beloved), I sing; in the morning-time (through separation), I moan.
To me, Hafiz spake saying: "The dust of the tavern-door smell not".
Say: "Censure not; for the (fragrant) musk of Khorasan, I smell".

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Happy July 4th!

2007-07-04T03:53:59Z

Happy July 4th!

Hope everyone has a nice holiday!

take care

Jon

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I cannot say !

2007-06-30T09:50:58Z

One more breath, my fate is at stake
Alas, my good fortune does not wake.
Morning breeze blew Her dust in my eye
I cannot see from the tears and the ache.
I cannot embrace and hug your body, why?
My most ardent wishes I must break.
Only with the Beloved, I can be & can try
No other labor can I undertake.
Only from your hair some good news I can pry
Else, from strangers, there's no news I can take.
Ardently, sincerely, a thousand prayers I let fly
What use, not even one in my world I can make.
Enough sharing my heart with the morning breeze's sigh
With my luck tonight, not even the dawn will break.
I spend my whole life in pursuit till I die
Yet misfortunes of your hair I cannot shake.
Hafiz & his heart, everyone must forsake
Has hidden himself within your wave & wake.

-Hafiz-
Lov
Maggi

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General Poetry Resources

2007-06-17T22:11:31Z

I am not sure if this is appropriate for this tribe. If not, please do not hesitate to delete the post.

I thought I would just post a reference to a great poetry website. I have no connection to it, I just used to perform poetry at local cafes and organize events and I became aware of various poetry resources.

Poetry International is a great website. Has poetry from all over the world, often in both languages. Has videos of poetry performances as well.

http://international.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_name=international

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where are thee?

2007-06-12T21:35:56Z

Oh my body where are thee?

The ways death,
The thoughts silent,
The empathy hearts
The fall became us

Behind the shiny show
Beyond the strong men
The burly gorillas
The speedy speakers
The tough guys
And the happy girls
Beyond this lively market
Is the street of death

A macabre silence within this noisy faire

My body where are thee?
That I don’t recognize my materialization of me
My body where are thee?
That I don’t understand this appearance
nor his manners

Not this manifestation
Not this mental chain

My soul where are thee?
What happened to the eminent song?
Where went the echo of our mantras?

My lyrics where are thee?
What happen to our poems?
Why did verses left?
How did we become so much human, so less beings?

“Thou Art God”
In that dead body
In the deepest hole of that tired heart
Hide a whisper
a young existents

If the light would shine
If the clouds would cry
If the revelation
Would come into sight
The whisper will become a lyric
The lyric
Will find a sound
And the sound would craft a form
And will shape
US
Oh my body where are thee?
Oh my soul where are thee?
Oh my verses where are thee?

Shervin

June 2007

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Hafiz's Poetry

2007-05-26T19:09:09Z

anyone know of a website with a good translation of the poems?

thanks

Jon

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Mohammad and the Cat

2007-05-24T19:32:45Z

My favorite anecdote about Mohammad is the one where he cut off his sleeve so as not to disturb a cat who was sleeping.

Does anyone know what passage this is from?

thanks

Jon

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New to Group

2007-05-15T13:13:09Z

Hi, I'm Jon and new to the group.

I love the writings of Hazrat Inayat Khan and Rumi, of course. My girlfriend and I saw Coleman Barks perform poems of Rumi at the Dodge Poetry Festival, backed by the Paul Winter Consort! What a beautiful and amazing morning!

My background is in Bhakti Yoga - which is the devotional aspect of Hinduism. In the ashram I was taught to respect all the world's major religions as valid paths to God. I have done some meditations with the Zen Buddhist community, one with the Tibetan Buddhist community.

I have corresponded with the several monks from the Catholic mystic community as well.

I have read some of the Koran and done some Islamic based meditations, but have had little contact with the Sufi community.
In the passion of Persian poetry, like that of Rumi, I find a connection that I rarely find. It really feeds my soul.

I hope it is ok to join this tribe. I do not formally practice Sufism. Though, I think broadly, that all paths to God are a kind of Sufism, if that makes sense. And I believe that within those paths, the devotional paths to God have many similarities.

Respectfully,

Jon

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Rumi on YouTube

2007-05-13T21:11:03Z

Rumi with music on YouTube

the music is maybe a little trite and sappy, but I still liked it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2nYZSoIMY8

Hope a little Rumi is ok....

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one night

2007-05-09T23:21:56Z

Celestial Bodies

One night
Dark
And silent
The conversation of hands
And the dialogue of bodies

I close my eyes
A glimpse of light arise from within
The perfume of your presence fulfill my bedroom

One night
Silk soft
Tender
And
Tough
The motion
We dance
Curves and circles
Merging us
On our lightened path

Passionate night
Sweats
Tiers
Liquids
Rain
A
Juicy night

My arms
Are boneless storms
They surround you
Your
Legs,
Like
Roots of
A young
Hungry
Three,
They hold
They push
My grounds
Toward you

The test of cherry are your lips
The thirst of a desert t savage mines

The alchemy of love, by night
Revelation of
The celestial us
Through burning light of midnight

One Night.

Love,
Shervin

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~*~

2007-04-24T13:02:38Z

"Forget every idea
of right and wrong
Any classroom ever taught you
Because an empty heart, a tormented mind,
unkindness, jealousy and fear are always the
testimony that you have been completely fooled.
Turn your back on those who would imprison
your wondrous spirit with deceit and lies
Come join the honest company of the king’s beggars,
those gamblers, scoundrels and divine clowns and those
astonishing fair courtesans who need divine love every night
Come join the courageous who have no choice
but to bet their entire world that indeed God is real
Let me lead you into the circle of the Beloved’s cunning thieves,
those playful royal rouges,
the ones you can trust for true guidance
who can aid you in this blessed calamity of life."

not sure who the translater is

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Daniel Ladinsky

2007-04-23T17:19:25Z

I have all of Ladinsky's Hafiz translation books. I read in them most every day, finding them a non -ending source of peace, inspiration, and wisdom. I wanted to write Mr, L a fan letter and after much internet search was surprised how little is known about him: age, family, whereabouts currently. People search showed several Ladinsky in Myrtle Beach, SC. Do any of you know any more or how I can contact him?

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Drowning thoughts in chaos, a leaf keeps moving on....

2007-04-09T13:00:18Z

a beloved sent this poem this morning.....wanna share with you all...

Drops upon this surface push ripples out
Away from the thoughts that begin this all
Touching everything along their way and in their wake
Until repelled by a shore, left to rebound and return to an eventual outward calm.

Conflicts abound under a placid surface
Brought to bear by currents past
That are swirling beauty to and fro
winds of thought that deceive peace,
belaying that which can not last

And through it all, a leaf has lost it's limb
To wander aimlessly through the air
Coming to rest upon a placid surface
Beginning again a new without any cares

Until another drop descends from heavans above
To disturb the still surface of the pond
Drowning thoughts in chaos, a leaf keeps moving on."

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Butterfly

2007-04-08T10:51:43Z

Yes
I do
Yes
I will

The company of lovers is mine
I am the Butterfly
Longing
The Candlelight
I am the young one
Longing
The age

The man of the endless plateau
Longing the deep fall and
The edge

Yes
I am The Green-one
Longing
Mature-ness

A hot
stone
longing
to become
The One
To be
The fire
itself

I am
The butterfly
yes
I do,
yes
I want
Becoming one
With
The light
of
your
fire

Love&Respect

Shervin

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passerby

2007-04-01T21:51:01Z

You were just another passerby

But there was something in the gaze,
In the eyes
Or was it the perfume,
The sign,
The presence?

It made me whisper.
My secret name
I whispered in your ear
. . .

You,
The stranger,
Kept walking from me
No looking back
No truing head
No mimic reflections
Or signs of wondering

But the name was strong
And it was burning

It got to you
Like a flame to
The Fresh Flesh
Like a honeybee to
A very
Fertile Rose

The name engraved itself
Deep in the labyrinth
Of your rich
Underconsciousness

Now,
Driven by the unbearable power of the secret name,
You came back

To
Me

Now
The revelation of the underconsciousness is declared

To
You

I can pass
But you can’t be a passerby,
No more

Shervin
April 2007

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A FLOWER-TINTED

2007-03-29T18:23:39Z

A FLOWER-TINTED cheek, the flowery close
Of the fair earth, these are enough for me
Enough that in the meadow wanes and grows
The shadow of a graceful cypress-tree.
I am no lover of hypocrisy;
Of all the treasures that the earth can boast,
A brimming cup of wine I prize the most--
This is enough for me!
To them that here renowned for virtue live,
A heavenly palace is the meet reward;
To me, the drunkard and the beggar, give
The temple of the grape with red wine stored!
Beside a river seat thee on the sward;
It floweth past-so flows thy life away,
So sweetly, swiftly, fleets our little day--
Swift, but enough for me!
Look upon all the gold in the world's mart,
On all the tears the world hath shed in vain
Shall they not satisfy thy craving heart?
I have enough of loss, enough of gain;
I have my Love, what more can I obtain?
Mine is the joy of her companionship
Whose healing lip is laid upon my lip--
This is enough for me!
I pray thee send not forth my naked soul
From its poor house to seek for Paradise
Though heaven and earth before me God unroll,
Back to thy village still my spirit flies.
And, Hafiz, at the door of Kismet lies
No just complaint-a mind like water clear,
A song that swells and dies upon the ear,
These are enough for thee!

Lov
Maggi

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something is missing

2007-03-26T22:15:49Z

In this world

Something is missing
Something is so wrong
Did we forget?
Did we ever know it
in our Time?

Our shops are full
Our hearts are empty
Our stomach is exhausted
Our soul sleep deep

Something is missing,
- I am telling you -
Something went wrong
There is this deep, deep hole in our mind

Take a look at faces
They’re frozen
The wealth didn’t brought joy
The bread doesn't still the hunger no more
Now the temple of faith is destroyd

Something is missing
Something is just wrong
- Boy -
I am – badly - longing
to sing a different song

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New Sufism Rumi clip at youtube.com

2007-03-25T09:31:11Z

Please take a look at this new Rumi Clip at http://youtube.com/watch?v=rtSWP8zGX_w enjoy it.

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the poem with 'silk worm'

2007-03-25T09:13:37Z

there is poem in 'Love Poems from God' about silk worm... I think it is from Hafiz. If anybody has any idea of what I am talking, please post that poem here.
Namaste.

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She is the song of divine

2007-03-23T09:38:14Z

She is praying
Not a pray to a unknown
Her pray is chanting
Not a chant to shadow god

Her eyes are closed
Yet
The lover is in front
She is kneeling
Yet
There is an Engel behind

There is presence
There is Longing
There is Joy

Every single form of her body
Is a sign

She is the mother
The beloved
And The lover
She is
In her totality
In her solitarily
The
Everlasting song of divine

Shervin
Match 2007

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Take my hand

2007-03-18T19:58:36Z

Look what you have done to me
I am disheveled, bewildered, confused
Now please take my hand
I am wandering about
in awe-and amazement of you
take my hand
everyone
has someone to care for them
but look at me, I have no one
take my hand

Lov
Maggi

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training wheels

2007-03-13T21:06:52Z

Now is the time to know that all that you do is sacred. Now, why not consider a lasting truce with yourself and God. Now is the time to understand that all your ideas of right and wrong
were just a child's training wheels to be laid aside when you finally live with veracity and love. Hafiz is a divine envoy whom the Beloved has written a holy message upon.
My dear, please tell me, why do you still throw sticks at your heart and God? What is it in that sweet voice inside that incites you to fear?
Now is the time for the world to know that every thought and action is sacred.
This is the time For you to compute the impossibility that there is anything but Grace.
Now is the season to know that everything you do is sacred.
~ Hafiz

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GUIDE

2007-03-09T22:37:14Z

For Tara, my Tantratic guide

I was looking for a healer
In you,
I found a treasure
A diamond
Who shines and make me shining
Like a star

A master
A guide

I had fantasies about you,
In your hands,
I became a fantasy

Your appearance was a reveal
The gold in conceal
came for a flash up on me

you remains me my deeper me
seeing you is remembering

I was a seeker
I became a lover

I miss you
Miss you
Miss you

And I celebrate this missing
With all my body,
All my heart
All my tears
And all what I am

Love,
Shervin

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Oh!Traveller

2007-02-14T14:16:11Z

you have done well

in the contest of madness

you were brave in that war

you have all the honourable wounds

of one who has tried to find love

where the beautiful bird

does not drink

may i speak to you

like we are close and

locked away together?

once i found a stray kitten

and i used to soak my fingers

in warm milk,

it came to think i was five mothers

on one hand

traveller

why not rest your tired body?

lean back and close your eyes.

come morning

i will kneel by your side and feed you

i will so gently

spread open your mouth

and let you taste something of my

mind and life

surely

there is something wrong

with your ideas of the

beloved

if you think

the beloved would not be so

tender

Lov
Maggi

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Offering's from this Skeye....

2007-02-07T01:24:50Z

the Beloved's Fire
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Disolving...burnt up...annihilated...

This is our fate,
what we are here for:
fuel for the fire of God.

Engulfed in the flames
of the Beloved,
nothing...not a thing...
can relieve suffering
like Her smoldering kiss.

And nothing...no nothing at all...
can compare to this bliss
of divine disillusionment.

Spin on if you must,
but She has you in her fire
and the trail of dust you leave
is the ash She is collecting
to throw into the Universal Wind.

Think you are alive now?

Just wait...

...until you're gone....

There you go again...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

There you go again....

....leaving me speechless,
not a drop of thought
from this empty
beggar's bowl.

I leave it at your doorstep
in the hope you might trip
and fill it up
with your blood...

...so I may offer it
back to you
like a cup of wine
in this Divine
silent wedding.

Namaste....

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Sleep~Dreams

2007-02-04T20:05:09Z

"Who can remember their race between dreams?
Nothing ever holds its pace between dreams.
A mighty river thunders on its way,
An endless quest for the place between dreams.
Though predators fiercely hunt for your soul,
Know they can never give chase between dreams.
Cloudscapes of splendor vanish in the wind;
Their existence bears no trace between dreams.
This depthless farness mid the burning stars
Is but the motionless space between dreams.
Light ventures through and beyond the abyss,
Yet will never show its face between dreams.
Our pains and sorrows gather fold on fold,
But who can carry their case between dreams?
Your freedom flutters far in flight, Zahhar,
For limitless is the grace between dreams."

Lov
Maggi

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TRUE...???

2007-02-03T21:38:19Z

“No one could ever paint a too wonderful picture
of my heart or God.”
-Hafiz-

Lov
Maggi

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Slave

2007-01-30T01:13:34Z

Somebody whispered,
“Beware, she wants you on your knees!”
I whispered back:
“On my knees I whish to serve my Lady”

Someone shouted at me:
“You, poor slave of her beauty!”
I shouted back:
“Poor, so she can feed me with her mature fertility;
slave, so she can mark my body,
with signs of her sensuality”

The other day a passerby asked:
“Where does this never ending ecstasy come from?”
I answered:
“She is the ocean and I thirst her countlessly”

with love and respect
January 2007
Shervin

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God Pours Light...

2007-01-29T05:19:28Z

God
pours light
into every cup,
quenching darkness.

The proudly pious
stuff their cups with parchment
and critique the taste of ink

while God pours light

and the trees lift their limbs
without worry of redemption,
every blossom a chalice.

Hafiz, seduce those withered souls
with words that wet their parched lips

as light
pours like rain
into every empty cup
set adrift on the Infinite Ocean.

[translator unknown]

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******

2007-01-29T04:30:49Z

Caught a sense of love's odour in the air
It excited me to the brim with expectation
Of Oneness in one lightening flash.

Sweet breeze
I am dying with longings for the body
Whose perfume you bring.
Come and overpower me.
My desire for my beloved's beauty
Knows no patience.

O distraught heart, let off your complaint
Tonight the screens will be up.
Nobody could fathom your grief
The extent of your dismay
But separation is over

My Beloved, as near as my own soul
Could never vex me with a vain counsel

The stranger, Hafiz, was slain by Love
But that is all right, please pass it on.

Lov
Maggi

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in the broken mirror of my soul

2007-01-25T14:47:56Z

Look,
look yet again,

See
the reflections
in the broken mirror of my soul

Hear
the yearning

try to remember
try to forget

http://music.download.com/rimbanna/3615-8821_32-100770126.html?tag=MDL_listing#100770229&jFunc=playList&jParam=artist-100770126&name=All%20songs%20by%20Rim%20Banna

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~RABIA~

2007-01-25T13:06:14Z

TROUBLEMAKERS

Since no one really knows anything about God,
those who think they do are just
troublemakers.

http://tribes.tribe.net/rabia

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~*~

2007-01-22T23:10:14Z

Don't surrender your loneliness
so quickly~
Let it cut more deeply~

Let it ferment and season you
as few human
or even divine ingredients can.

Something missing in my heart tonight~
has made my eyes so soft... My voice~
So tender,

My need of God
Absolutely
Clear

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Tranquility?

2007-01-14T16:42:54Z

Something I wrote several years past that I'll share here :)

Drops upon this surface push ripples out
Away from the thoughts that begin this all
Touching everything along their way and in their wake
Until repelled by a shore, left to rebound and return to an eventual outward calm.

Conflicts abound under a placid surface
Brought to bear by currents past
That are swirling beauty to and fro
winds of thought that deceive peace,
belaying that which can not last

And through it all, a leaf has lost it's limb
To wander aimlessly through the air
Coming to rest upon a placid surface
Beginning again anew without any cares

Until another drop descends from heavans above
To disturb the still surface of the pond
Drowning thoughts in chaos, a leaf keeps moving on.

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Tender Beloved

2007-01-01T07:35:44Z

"you have done well

in the contest of madness

you were brave in that war

you have all the honourable wounds

of one who has tried to find love

where the beautiful bird

does not drink

may i speak to you

like we are close and

locked away together?

once i found a stray kitten

and i used to soak my fingers

in warm milk,

it came to think i was five mothers

on one hand

traveller

why not rest your tired body?

lean back and close your eyes.

come morning

i will kneel by your side and feed you

i will so gently

spread open your mouth

and let you taste something of my

mind and life

surely

there is something wrong

with your ideas of the

beloved

if you think

the beloved would not be so

tender "

-Hafiz --

Lov
Maggi

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I am so glad

2007-01-01T07:31:51Z

Start seeing everything as God
But keep it a secret
Become like a man who is awestruck
and nourished, listening to a golden nightingale
sing in a beautiful foreign language
while God nests invisibly upon it's tongue.
Hafiz, who can you tell in this world
That when a dog runs up to you
wagging it's ecstatic tail,
you bend down and whisper in it's ear
'Beloved, I am so glad that you are happy to see me,
Beloved, I am so glad, so very glad, that you have come.'

~Hafiz~

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Fire always returns

2006-12-13T00:55:11Z

Fire always returns

To its cause

The ecstasy

And any falling star

Knows her destiny

The motherplanet

Birds flow a way to calm down in silent places

Massively they will be back

conscious

Of the time for the endless love song

The spring

You are away

But you are there

You are there

Put a candle light

Sit down

Sit only with the assembly of lovers

The one with less word

And more longing

Make a circle with them

Hold the hands of your soul mates tide

Close your clear eyes

And open up

The horizon of the mist,

The under-consciousness

See

Feel

Swim

In the Sea of love

Say Hu

Say Allah

You are away

But you are there

You are there

With love and respect,

Shervin

December 2006
on my way to Konya

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The sun never says

2006-12-12T06:54:48Z

Even after all this time
The sun never says to the earth,
"You owe Me."

Look what happens
with a love like that,
It lights the Whole Sky.

~Hafiz
From: The Gift

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My Friend has fled!

2006-12-07T18:28:28Z

My friend has fled! alas, my friend has fled,
And left me nought but tears and pain behind!
Like smoke above a flame caught by the wind,
So rose she from my breast and forth she sped.
Drunk with desire, I seized Love's cup divine,
But she that held it poured the bitter wine
Of Separation into it and fled.

The hunter she, and I the helpless prey;
Wounded and sick, round me her toils she drew,
My heart into a sea of sorrow threw,
Bound up her camel loads and fled away.
Fain had I laid an ambush for her soul,
She saw and vanished, and the timid foal,
Good Fortune, slipped the rein and would not stay.

My heart was all too narrow for my woe,
And tears of blood my weeping eyes have shed,
A crimson stream across the desert sped,
Rising from out my sad heart's overflow.
She knew not what Love's meanest slave can tell:
"'Tis sweet to serve!" but threw me a Farewell,
Kissing my threshold, turned, and cried "I go!"

In the clear dawn, before the east was red,
Before the rose had torn her veil in two,
A nightingale through Hafiz' garden flew,
Stayed but to fill its song with tears, and fled.

Lov
Maggi

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Do you know how beautiful you are?

2006-12-07T13:04:30Z

Do you know how beautiful you are?
I think not, my dear.
For as you talk of God,
I see great parades with wildly colorful bands
Streaming from your mind and heart,
Carrying wonderful and secret messages
To every corner of this world.
I see saints bowing in the mountains
Hundreds of miles away
To the wonder of sounds
That break into light
From your most common words.
Speak to me of your mother,
Your cousins and your friends.
Tell me of squirrels and birds you know.
Awaken your legion of nightingales---
Let them soar wild and free in the sky.
And begin to sing to God.
Let's all begin to sing to God!
Do you know how beautiful you are?
I think not, my dear,
Yet Hafiz
Could set you upon a Stage
And worship you forever!

--Hafiz

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Forget Not, My Heart, Your Ancient Friends

2006-12-05T06:30:33Z

Forget not, my heart, your ancient friends

The sweet old faithful faces of the dead,

Old meetings and old partings—all that ends;

So loved, so vivid, and so vanished

Forget not, O my heart, your ancient friends.

The times are faithless, but remember now

Those that have loved you, though they love no

more

You unto them are dim and distant now

Still love them for the love they gave before

The times are faithless, but remember now

And the red wine remember, and the rose,

And the old cry at dawn, the stream that ran

In Paradise no sweeter river flows

Through banks of gardens on to Ispahan

Yes! the red wine remember, and the rose.

The dead who kept our secrets remember well

They forgot much—we should not them forget

Ah! Hafiz, now they’re gone, no man can tell

Your secret: it remains a secret yet.

Lov
Maggi

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seperation

2006-11-22T11:12:36Z

May none be shattered like me by the woes of separation;
My life has passed by wasted by the throes of separation.

Exited stranger, lover, heartsick beggar, mind bewildered;
I've shouldered brunt of Fortune and blows of separation.

If ever separation should fall into my hand I will kill it;
With tears, in blood, I will pay all the dues of separation.

Where to go, what to do, who to tell my heart's state to?
Who gives justice, who pays out, for those of separation?

From the pain of separation not a moment's peace is mine;
For the sake of God, be just, give the dues of separation.

By separation from Your Presence I'll make separation sick,
Until the heart's blood flows from the eyes of separation.

From where am I and from where are separation and grief?
Seems my mother bore me for grief that grows of separation.

Therefore, at day and at night, branded by love, like Hafiz,
With nightingales of dawn, I cry songs, woes of separation

~Hafiz~

Lov
Maggi

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Free Hugs!

2006-10-18T02:57:03Z

http://people.tribe.net/skeyeopener/blog/8ada5657-0505-498f-be18-7e2bf783b85d

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hafiz as the persian eminem?

2006-10-17T06:33:09Z

i discovered hafiz sitting upon a nude beach down near half moon bay. a dear friend, one who lives in my heart and has quite a cozy room in there (replete with draped fabrics, candles, piles and piles of cushions and warm tea always on the ready), brought his dearly worn copy and we proceeded to casually browse and read. though i'd never read hafiz, i'd heard every word before. as is the case with most great literature, right?

one thing we said about hafiz was that he seemed sort of "hip hop" in his continual references to himself. you know, "hafiz talks to god, and god says..." haha.

thoughts?

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divine color

2006-10-11T00:33:31Z

Oh divine child
Oh the master of seducers
Oh the best player of all
You pull me toward tour light
then
push me back
down
to the darkest
deepest
grounds of
of this soil

you play
never get enough
and this
steps for and backwards
are like the rhythm of my breath
you make me dance
sometimes you dance with me
then you let me behind
dazzling
restless
bewildered

some times
my true consciousness
capture you
then you mine
for a momentum
that moment
which a universe beyond my being

Some times I recognize your colors
I see the yellow of a lemon
The blue of a see
The green of grass
The red of blood
And the soft and comforting with color of the clouds
Then I know
And I realize
You are a merge of the 5
And
You color
Is orange
The Deep orange of people who live next to the see
The see of sands

Then I know,
I know
That I will recognize you
The next time you are passing by

But that is just a moment
A short flash in the middle of this long dark season . . .

Shervin October 2006

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today's 13moon mantra

2006-10-02T17:24:36Z

Red Self-Existing Earth
Red Eastern Castle of Turning
Earth family- Core Clan- Sky

I define in order to evolve
Measuring synchronicity
I seal the matrix of navigation
With the self-existing tone of form
I am guided by the power of space

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What is Hafiz telling us?

2006-10-01T23:01:33Z

Into the mirror of my cup the reflection of your glorious face fell And from the gentle laughter of love, into a drunken state of longing I fell
Struck with wonder by the beauty of the picture that within my cup I beheld
The picture of this world of illusion from the reflection of my mind fell

From the house of prayer into the house of drink I fell not of myself
From eternity it was meant to be you came to me and into drunkenness I fell

From the beginningless beginning beneath the veil your face was hidden well
but upon those with love and wisdom a ray from your most glorious face fell

All this world, reflected wonder, wine and love and song, in which we dwell
Is nothing but a fragment of the one whose reflection into my cup fell.
What is Hafiz telling us?

Lov
Maggi

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Even after all these years.......

2006-09-13T19:46:14Z

Even after all these years,
the Sun never says
to the Earth
"You owe Me."
Look what happens—
with a Love
like that,
It lights
the whole
sky.

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They Call to You to Sing / I Follow Barefoot

2006-09-08T18:08:54Z

Stones are longing for what you know.

If they had the graceful movements
of your feet and tongue,

they would not stop laughing
between their ecstatic dance steps and unbroken praise.

Your heart beats inside a sacred drum,
its skin is tanned and stretched ---
our skin is alive and stretched ---
with the wild molecules of His Wonderous Existence.

Your mind and eyes are an immense silk cloth
upon which all your thoughts and movements paint.

Your soul once sat on an easel on my knee.
For ages I have been sketching you
with myriad shapes of sounds and light;

now awake, dear pilgrim,
with your thousand swaying arms
that need to caress the Sky.

Now awake with your love for the Friend and Creation,
help this Old Tavern Sweeper, Hafiz,
to celebrate.

No more enemies from this golden view ---
all who have entered this holy mountain cave
have dropped their shields and swords.

We all cook together around a fire
our yearning music builds.

We share our tools and instruments and plates,
we are companions on this earth

as the sun and the planets are in the sky.
We are all sentries at our sacred humble posts.

The stones and stars envy the movements
of your legs and tongue
and call to you to sing on their behalf.

In the atoms in your cells and limbs are full of wonderful talents;
They dance in the Hidden Choir I conduct.

Don't sleep tonight, dear pilgrim,
so I can lead you on my white mare to His Summer House.

This love you have of the Truth
will never forsake you.

Your joys and sufferings on this ardous path
are lifting your worn veil like a rising stage curtain

and will surely reveal your Magnificent Self
so you can guide this world like Hafiz

in the Hidden Choir
God and His friends will forever
conduct.

~~~~~~~~~~~

I long for You so much
I follow barefoot Your frozen tracks

that are high in the mountains
that I know are years old.

I long for You so much
I have even begun to travel
where I have never been before.

Hafiz, there is no one in this world
who is not looking for God.

Everyone is trudging along
with as much dignity, courage
and style

as they possibly
can.

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Help!

2006-09-01T18:18:40Z

" Help! Is there no remedy for this pain?
No pill that will make this separation go away?

Help! They've stolen my heart and all its love,
And now they want my soul!

Help! These heartstealers have no pity;
They have filed suit against soul as payment for a kiss.

These heartless bastards are drinking our blood;
O friends of God, Help!

Give help to the wretched:
Help them through these long and deadly nights.

Look inside our hearts, and see! Just when we think that the old pain is
Gone, there is new pain to take its place.

Help! I have watched Hafez for years with his weeping.
He is on fire. And now I think it's me!"

Hafiz

Lov
Maggi

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my heart is burning, burning, burning

2006-08-24T00:14:00Z

Now the rhythm of heart
Here the inner song

The desire far behind
The ideas even unsound

Here the cry within
Now the sight inside

The fire is burning, burning, burning
The wound is bleeding, bleeding, bleeding

To grow is to go
The key is to find

Now all body is becoming
Here all space is body

The ocean is stormy, stormy, stormy
The sky is crying, crying, crying

To surrender is to break out
To give up is to give in

Here comes the confusion of the path
Now comes the pain of the sad

My heart is burning, burning, burning
This wound is bleeding, bleeding, bleeding

August 22 2006
Shervin

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BROKEN HEART

2006-08-19T18:40:36Z

"My broken heart’s sorrows are deep.
Painful, disturbed, broken my sleep.
If you don’t believe, send me your thoughts
And you will see how in sleep I weep. "

Hafiz

Lov
Maggi

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Who is Hafiz ?

2006-08-18T17:53:46Z

Friends who is Hafiz ?

Lov
Maggi

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HONOURABLE WOUNDS

2006-08-17T19:03:19Z

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...and i thought war...

2006-08-17T00:17:03Z

Only through great struggle
Will any of us overcome
Our opposition to war.
If you went to your
Enemy and said,
"Shoot me now?"
Killing would not cease.
Death would not
Stop in Hir tracks.

What hunger
Feeds on Sacrifice?

We all Crave
Engulfing flames
To consume the illusion
Which separates us:
Desire from delicious,
Pain from protection,
Sound from silence,
Embracing arms from emptiness.

What Spark Can Start such Fires?

With my Friend I debate and Drink.
We point at stars, Laughing.
The lines In the sky
Tell our stories.

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WITHOUT HAFIZ ......

2006-08-16T18:42:22Z

"Without the beloved’s face, the rose is not pleasant.
Without wine, spring is not pleasant.

The border of the sward and the air of the garden
Without the tulip cheek is not pleasant.

The dancing of the cypress, and the rapture of the rose,
Without the one thousand songs is not pleasant.

With the beloved, sugar of lip, rose of body,
Without kiss and embrace is not pleasant.

Every picture that reasons’s hand depicteth,
Save the picture of the idol is not pleasant.

Hafiz! the soul is a despicable coin:
For scattering, it is not pleasant. "

Withou you hafiz ,this is not pleasant...

Lov
Maggi

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