"Set Adrift on the Infinite Ocean" Sunrise/Afternoon August 22, 2014

The small man
Builds cages for everyone He Knows.
 While the sage,
 Who has to duck his head
When the moon is low,
 Keeps dropping keys all night long
 For the Beautiful Rowdy Prisoners

~ Hafiz

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.


–Hafiz

BECOMING HUMAN

Once a man came to me
and spoke for hours about
“His great visions of God”
he felt he was having..
He asked me for confirmation, saying,
“Are these wondrous dreams true?”.

I replied, “How many goats do you have?”.
He looked surprised and said,“I am speaking of sublime visions
And you ask About goats!”.
And I spoke again saying,“Yes, brother – how many do you have?”.
“Well, Hafiz, I have sixty-two.”.
“And how many wives?”
Again he looked surprised, then said,“Four.”.
“How many rose bushes in your garden,
How many children,
Are your parents still alive,
Do you feed the birds in winter?”.
And to all he answered..

Then I said,
“You asked me if I thought your visions were true,
I would say that they were if they make you become
More human,.
More kind to every creature and plant
That you know.".

~ Hafiz(“The Gift”
– translated by Daniel Ladinsky)

ALLOW THE FORM AND DANCE
TO BE ORCHESTRATED BY LOVE
THAT IS LIMITLESS
AND WITHOUT
EXPECTATION

WHISPER PEARLS
from
Yes! If He’s A Holy Man
ew

Hafiz Wording from:
http://peacefullpresence.blogspot.com/2014/08/light-pours-like-rain.html
http://beautywelove.blogspot.ca/search/label/Hafiz