Followers of Compassion and Love

'The precepts of religion that were so helpful in the beginning may become obstacles as you proceed ever deeper into the heart of heresy...To enter into the ultimate truth, you need to leave your horse behind and walk alone into the uncharted territory of the soul. There you may find that you need to behave in ways that would have been unthinkable when you were closely following the formulas and rules of behaviour prescribed by the religion into which you were born...How strange that your personal path to God often seems to be blocked or criticised by the priests of religion...Do you dare break free of the confining rules? Do you dare to follow your own truth, even it starts leading you astray from the path of your religion? What if this breaking free is the only way that you can really understand the truth of your religion? Can you follow the inner impulse...?' (‘The Forbidden Rumi’)
'Do not believe in anything (simply) because you have heard it. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. Do not believe in anything because it is spoken and rumoured by many. Do not believe in anything (simply) because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. But after observation and analysis, when you find anything that agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.' (Buddha, Kalama Sutta)

Friday, 26 February 2010

Rumi 122



'Perhaps imagination is only intelligence having fun.'
(George Scialabba)
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Friday, 19 February 2010

Rumi 121



'When you are sorrowful
look again in your heart,
and you shall see that in truth
you are weeping
for that which has been
your delight.'

(Kahlil Gibran, 1883-1931)
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Friday, 12 February 2010

Rumi 120



'To experience love
is to experience Me;
to experience Me
is to become conscious;
to become conscious
is to become One with Time;
and Time shall be your saviour
and companion,
guiding you through the vastness
of forms.'
(Cyrus Rumi)
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Friday, 5 February 2010

Rumi 119



'If you love it let it go.
If it returns to you cherish it,
if not, it was never truly yours.'
(Proverb)
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