daily dose of rumi

Stop looking for something out there
And begin seeing within.
-Rumi


This flute is played with fire not air.
-Rumi

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,
there is a field. I'll meet you there.
When the soul lies down in that grass,
the world is too full to talk about.
Ideas, language, even the phrase "each other" doesn't make any sense.
-Rumi

thus inspired:
i am in love with june
the world doesn't darken during these summer months
it simply dims
10pm i sit at the window watching the light leak out
no dusk like summer dusk
5am birds heralding the earth's brightening
body energized

for this body, when the earth warms
and physical focus removes from being cold
awareness expands
back from minutia to bigger picture
such is my current limitation that i cant keep it all at once
dedication of work as practice
finally

time spent this weekend w/ a kindred spirit
taken care
cloud watching
red thighs
may flies
i wish they told you when you're 18 & feeling very different internally from your peers, that sometimes it takes years to find others like you, scattered across this globe...

refuge in the sangha,
c.