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		<title>Some of my favorite Rumi quatrains&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:17:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Priyanka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[These quatrains are from the book Rumi: Whispers of the Beloved&#8230; by Maryam Mafi &#8220;If you have illusions about heaven, lose them. The soul heard of one attribute of Love, and came to earth. A hundred attributes of heaven, could never charm her back. It is here the soul discovers, the reality of Love.&#8221;   &#8220;Imitating [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>These quatrains are from the book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Rumi-Whispers-Beloved-Maryam-Mafi/dp/0722539819"><em>Rumi: </em><em>Whispers of the Beloved</em>&#8230;</a> by Maryam Mafi</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;If you have illusions about heaven, lose them.</p>
<p>The soul heard of one attribute of Love, and came to earth.</p>
<p>A hundred attributes of heaven, could never charm her back.</p>
<p>It is here the soul discovers, the reality of Love.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p> </p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;Imitating other, I failed to find myself.</p>
<p>I looked insider and discovered, I only knew my name.</p>
<p>When I stepped outside, I found my real Self.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p> </p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;You know what love is? It is all kindness, generosity.</p>
<p>Disharmony prevails when, you confuse lust with love, while</p>
<p>the distance between the two is endless.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p> </p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;I said to the night, &#8220;If you are in love with the moon,</p>
<p>it is because you never stay for long.&#8221;</p>
<p>The night turned to me and said, &#8220;It is not my fault.</p>
<p>I never see the Sun, how can I know that love is endless?&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p> </p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s good to leave each day behind,</p>
<p>like flowing water, free of sadness.</p>
<p>Yesterday is gone and its tale told.</p>
<p>Today new seeds are growing.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p> </p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;Last night, I begged the Wise One</p>
<p>to tell me the secret of the world.</p>
<p>Gently, gently he whispered,</p>
<p>&#8220;Be quiet, the secret cannot be spoken,</p>
<p>it is wrapped in silence.&#8221;"</p></blockquote>
<p> </p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;Be motivated like the falcon, hunt gloriously.</p>
<p>Be magnificent as the leopard, fight to win.</p>
<p>Spend less time with nightingales and peacocks.</p>
<p>One is all talk, the other only color.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p> </p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;There are no signposts in the desert,</p>
<p>caravans are guided by the stars.</p>
<p>In the darkness of despair, hope is the only light.</p>
<p>But in the garden of your life, my dear, never hope that</p>
<p>a weeping willow will give you dates.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
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		<title>The language of love &#8211; Rumi and the poet within&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Priyanka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love poetry and one of my favorite poets who has stuck with me is Rumi&#8230;I am a great Rumi fan&#8230;He inspires me to live a life full of compassion and love&#8230;His thoughts speak to me in a language that touches my soul&#8230;First time, when I came across Rumi, I immediately felt a connection. Rumi inspires me [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love poetry and one of my favorite poets who has stuck with me is Rumi&#8230;I am a great Rumi fan&#8230;He inspires me to live a life full of compassion and love&#8230;His thoughts speak to me in a language that touches my soul&#8230;First time, when I came across Rumi, I immediately felt a connection. Rumi inspires me to look at the world with new eyes&#8230;to embrace its flaws and perfection&#8230;I could feel his frenziness&#8230;his energy through his quatrains&#8230;if the world is an oyster, then Rumi&#8217;s verses allow me to see that pearl enclosed deep within&#8230;the wisdom of Rumi&#8217;s words&#8230;enable me to cry and melt and yet feel strong within&#8230;i am so glad i found him&#8230;when i could&#8230;he brought alive the poet within me&#8230;and i am hoping that his words and wisdom will always provide me with a strength to withstand the tests of time&#8230;</p>
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