Thoughts.

"A lot of the pain we are dealing with,

are really only thoughts."



Moonlight.

"Moonlight floods the whole sky

from horizon to horizon,

how much it can fill your room,

depends on your window."

(Rumi)



Beauty.

"Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror,

But You are the Eternity,

And You are the Mirror."

(Khalil Gibran, 1883-1931)

The Beloved.

"One went to the door of The Beloved and knock,

a voice answered; "who is there?"

he answered; 'it is I'.

the voice said;" There's no room for me and thee".

The door was shut.

After a year of solitude and deprivation,

the man returned to the door of the Beloved,

he knocked,

a voice from within asked; "who is there?"

the man said; 'it is Thou'.

The door was opened for him.

(Rumi)



Happiness goes away,...

"Happiness goes away the moment

we started to compare,...

happiness goes away the moment

we started to demand,...."

(Ven. Pannyavaro Mahathera)



Rabia.

"If I adore You out of fear of Hell,

burn me in Hell!

If I adore You out of desire for Paradise,

lock me out of Paradise.

But If I adore You for Yourself alone,

do not deny to me Your Eternal Beauty."

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"Repentance is a gift from God,

because no one could repent, unless God has

already accepted him and given him repentance."

(Rabia al Adawiyya, Basra, 717-801)



Knocking a door.

"I have lived on the lip of insanity,

Wanting to know reasons,

Knocking on a door,

It opens,

I've been knocking from the inside."

(Rumi)



Moon.

"The thief left it behind,

The moon,

At my window."

(Ryokan, 1758-1831)

Flowers and garbage of life.

"The cause of suffering is desire.

We always desire flowers of life,

but reject the garbage of life,

We have to realize that flowers of today,

will be tomorrow's garbage,

And garbage are transformed to compost flowers.

Garbage of life can nourish the flowers of understanding,

the flowers of patience, peace, compassion,...

So, accept, accept, accept them both with smile.

(Gede Prama)



You are.......

" You are the trip I did not take,

You are the pearls I could not buy,

You are my blue Italian lake,

You are a piece of foreign sky,

You are my heart's unutered tune,

You are a candle in my night,

You are the flowers in my rains,

You are a bit of blue in my dark sky."

(Anne Campbell)



Finding faults in others...

"He who blame others,

still has a long time to go,

He who blame himself,

is halfway there,

He who blame no one has arrived."

(Khalil Gibran)



Breath.

"Breath is the bridge

which connects life to consiousness,

which unites our body to our thoughts."

(Thich Nhat Hanh)

Still...

"Between too many miles

and too little smiles,

I remember you still...."



Going home.

"When there's nowhere

that you have determined

to call your own,

Then no matter where you go,

you are always going home."

(Muso Soseki, 1275-1351)