Cyrus Rumi

Rumi 219: 'Feelings'

2012-01-27T13:11:00.000Z

(Bryan Adams (b.5/11/1959) is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, guitarist,producer, actor and photographer.)

'There are many things in your heart
you can never tell to another person.
They are you, your private joys and sorrows,
and you can never tell them.
You cheapen yourself, the inside of yourself,
when you tell them.'
(Greta Garbo, 1905-90)

Rumi 218: 'Blasphemy'

2012-01-20T23:48:00.001Z

('Depeche Mode' are an English electronic music band.)

'This crime called blasphemy was invented by priests for the purpose of defending doctrines
not able to take care of themselves.'
(Robert Green Ingersoll, 1833-1899)

Rumi 217: 'Wasting Time'

2012-01-13T04:12:00.000Z

(Kosheen are a British group based in Bristol, England.)

'If time be of all things the most precious,
wasting time must be the greatest prodigality.'
(Benjamin Franklin, 1706-90)

Rumi 216: 'Desire'

2012-01-06T02:52:00.001Z

('Lloyd' is an American R&B recording artist.)

'Human behaviour flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.'
(Plato, 427-347BC)

Rumi 215: Happy New Year!

2011-12-31T00:13:00.001Z

('Empire of the Sun' is an Australian electronic music band.)
Gift suggestions for 2012:
To your enemy: forgiveness;
To an opponent: tolerance;
To a friend: your heart;
To a customer: service;
To the needy: charity;
To every child: good example;
To yourself: respect.
(Source: Vishwanath Seshadri)

Rumi 214: 'Sunscreen Song'

2011-12-23T13:00:00.000Z

'Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of you.'
(Cyrus Rumi)

Rumi 213: 'Feelings'

2011-12-16T02:12:00.000Z

(Tramar Dillard (b.1979),stage name Flo Rida, is an American rapper and singer-songwriter.)

'When I do good, I feel good.
When I do bad, I feel bad.
That's my religion.'
(Abraham Lincoln, 1809-65)

Rumi 212: 'Love, Passion and Imagination'

2011-12-09T13:51:00.000Z

(Edward Maya (Eduard Marian Ilie)is a Romanian musician, producer, performer, and composer.)

'I have enough love to last me a lifetime!
Thank God I'll never lose my imagination and my passion.
That's really what it is.
I'm still passionate about what I do.'
(Teena Marie, b. 1956)

Rumi 211: 'Mysterious Times'

2011-12-02T13:23:00.001Z

("Mysterious Times" is a dance music song by German production group Sash. It features British singer Tina Cousins.)

'What comes into being
shall also withdraw
and disappear,
yet, paradoxically,
the essence remains unperturbed,
a constant stream
of raw consciousness,
as dictated by Time itself.'
(Cyrus Rumi)

Rumi 210: 'Morning Star'

2011-11-25T13:20:00.000Z

(N-Dubz are a British hip hop group from Camden Town, London.)

'Father, O father! what do we here
In this land of unbelief and fear?
The Land of Dreams is better far
Above the light of the morning star.'
(William Blake, 1757-1827)

Rumi 209: 'Disappointment'

2011-11-18T00:49:00.000Z

(Kylie Ann Minogue (b.1968) is an Australian recording artist, songwriter, and actress.)

'Disappointment to a noble soul is what cold water is to burning metal;
it strengthens, tempers, intensifies, but never destroys it.'
(Eliza Tabor,1835-1914)

Rumi 208: Resolve

2011-11-11T20:09:00.001Z

(Alizée Jacotey (b.21 August 1984) is a French singer.)

'I cannot change what will happen.
I can only change how I act in the face of it.'
(Robert Fanney)

Rumi 207: 'Stillness of the Mind'

2011-11-04T14:11:00.001Z

'Let the stillness
of the mind
be your teacher
and your companion.

Let the stillness
of the mind
steer your consciousness
and intellect.

Let the stillness
of the mind
steer you to perceive
and experience things
beyond your station.'
(Cyrus Rumi)

Rumi 206: 'This is My Life'

2011-10-28T15:03:00.000+01:00

(Edward Maya (Eduard Marian Ilie)is a Romanian musician, producer, performer, and composer.)

'Follow your heart and your dreams will come true.'
(Anonymous)

Rumi 205: 'Cuba'

2011-10-21T23:39:00.000+01:00

(The Gibson Brothers are a French based musical group.)

'Others go to bed with their mistresses;
I with my ideas.”
(Jose Julian Marti Perez, (Cuban Writer, 1853-95))

Rumi 204: We are all One.

2011-10-14T23:51:00.002+01:00

(Jeff van Dyck is a Canadian video game music composer.)

'The Self says ‘I AM’...
'I AM' is the Way and the Truth and the Life –
but the Ego says ‘I am this’
or ‘I am that,’
thus attaching itself only to a small portion
of the Vastness.'
(Ravi Ravindra)

Rumi 203: Paradise

2011-10-07T21:52:00.000+01:00

(Coldplay are a British rock band.)

'I would prefer an intelligent hell to a stupid paradise.'
(Blaise Pascal, 1623-62)

Rumi 202: Grief

2011-09-30T03:19:00.000+01:00

('fiN' is a Indie/Rock band based in London.)

'You never forget,
You learn to live with it,
The pain lingers on
Deep within your soul,
Making you stronger,
Strengthening your resolve
In ways you can't imagine,
You grieve everyday of your life,
Shedding tears of uncertainty
Until you are no more.'
(Cyrus Rumi)

Rumi 201: Hidden Treasure

2011-09-23T14:20:00.000+01:00

(Max Steiner (1888 – 1971) was an Austrian composer of music for theatre productions and films)

'I am the hidden treasure
of your past,
present and future,
awaiting to be discovered
from the mists of time.

Allow yourselves to become
the manifestation
of My eternal essence,
in a form most pleasing
and agreeable,
firmly rooted in the ocean
of eternal serenity...'
(Cyrus Rumi)

Rumi 200: Being Alive

2011-09-16T02:02:00.000+01:00

(Paul van Dyk (b.1971) is a German Electronic Dance Music DJ, musician and record producer.)

'I have listened.
And I have looked with open eyes.
I have poured my soul into the world,
seeking the unknown within the known.
And I sing out loud in amazement.'
(Rabindranath Tagore,1861 –1941)

Rumi 199: The Past

2011-09-02T13:53:00.000+01:00

(DJ Project is a Romanian dance music group.)

'Living is like tearing through a museum.
Not until later do you really start absorbing what you saw,
thinking about it, looking it up in a book,
and remembering - because you can't take it in all at once.'
(Audrey Hepburn, 1929-93)

Rumi 198: Deception

2011-08-26T00:12:00.000+01:00

(Adele Adkins (b.1988) is an English singer-songwriter.)

'The art of pleasing is the art of deception.'
(Marquis De Vauvenargues, 1715-47)

Rumi 197: Jealousy

2011-08-19T00:31:00.000+01:00

(William Robert, "Will" Young (b.1979), is a British singer-songwriter and actor.)

'It is not love that is blind, but jealousy.'
(Lawrence Durrell, 1912-90)

Rumi 196: Perception

2011-08-12T23:53:00.003+01:00

(Jean-Michel André Jarre (b.1948) is a French composer, performer and music producer.)

'If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.'
(William Blake, 1757-1827)

Rumi 195: Darkness and Silence

2011-08-05T02:08:00.000+01:00

'Where spirituality has departed from the soul,
that person becomes like a hollow vessel,
being swept away along the waves
in an eternal ocean of nothingness,
surrounded by nothing but complete darkness
and eerie silence.'
(Cyrus Rumi)

Rumi 194: Belief

2011-07-29T13:26:00.000+01:00

('Talk Talk' was an English musical group, active from 1981 to 1991.)

'Believe that life is worth living
and your belief will help create the fact.'
(William James, 1842-1910)

Rumi 193: Forbidden Fruit

2011-07-22T00:41:00.001+01:00

(Paul van Dyk (b.1971) is a German Electronic Dance Music DJ, musician and record producer.)

'There is a charm about the forbidden
that makes it unspeakably desirable.'
(Mark Twain, 1835-1910)

Rumi 192: Love

2011-07-15T02:22:00.000+01:00

(DJ Project is a Romanian dance group.)

'Love isn't finding a perfect person.
It's seeing an imperfect person perfectly.'
(Sam Keen)

Rumi 191: Belief in a Higher Being

2011-07-09T21:57:00.000+01:00

Buddha entered a village. A man asked him as he was entering the village, "Does God exist?"
He said, "No, absolutely no."

In the afternoon another man came and he asked, "Does God exist?"
And he said, "Yes, absolutely yes."

In the evening a third man came and he asked, "Does God exist?"
Buddha closed his eyes and remained utterly silent. The man also closed his eyes.
Something transpired in that silence.
After a few minutes the man touched Buddha's feet, bowed down, paid his respects and said,
"You are the first man who has answered my question."
(Blog-'AWAKENING FROM THE DREAM')

Rumi 190: The Middle Way

2011-07-01T13:42:00.000+01:00

(The Bee Gees are a musical UK group that was originally made up of three brothers: Barry, Robin,
and Maurice Gibb.)

'Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence,
but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence
to something that transcends them both;
this is an observation of the Middle Way.”
(Lucius Annaeus Seneca, ca. 4 BCE – 65 CE)

Rumi 189: Life

2011-06-24T14:11:00.002+01:00

(U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin, formed in 1976)

'Life is a never-ending journey into the unknown...
just sit back and enjoy the ride.'
(Cyrus Rumi)

Rumi 188

2011-06-17T02:32:00.000+01:00

(Ladytron are an English electronic band from Liverpool, Merseyside, formed in 1999.)

“If people are good only because they fear punishment,
and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.”
(Albert Einstein, 1879-1955)

Rumi 187: Dreams

2011-06-10T01:59:00.000+01:00

(Niraj Chag is a London-based musical artist and composer.)

'We grow great by dreams.
All big men (and women) are dreamers.
They see things in the soft haze of a spring day
or in the red fire of a long winter's evening.
Some of us let these great dreams die,
but others nourish and protect them;
nurse them through bad days
till they bring them to the sunshine and light
which comes always to those who sincerely hope
that their dreams will come true.'
(Woodrow Wilson, 1856 – 1924)

Rumi 186: Judas

2011-06-03T13:19:00.000+01:00

(Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (b.1986), better known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American
pop singer-songwriter.)

'Every great man nowadays has his disciples,
and it is always Judas who writes the biography.'
(Oscar Wilde,1854-1900)

Rumi 185: Faith

2011-05-27T02:27:00.000+01:00

'Let your faith be like water,
a fluid with no boundaries,
and, yet, interchangeable in form.'
(Cyrus Rumi)

Rumi 184: Existence

2011-05-20T01:17:00.000+01:00

('End Transmission' by Zachary Martin, taken from the album Satellites by Technicolor Skies.)

'The timeless realm of existence
embraces you from all sides,
from deep within your consciousness;
open your hearts and minds
allowing Me to enter,
becoming One,
and so entering a new phase
of holy communion,
echoing its true splendour and glory
through all of eternity and beyond.'
(Cyrus Rumi)

Rumi 183: The Heart

2011-05-13T22:44:00.000+01:00

(Yanni, born in 1954 as Yiannis Hrysomallis in Greece, is a self-taught pianist, keyboardist, and composer.)

'What is uttered from the heart alone,
will win the hearts of others to your own.'
(Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832)

Rumi 182: Promiscuity

2011-05-06T02:32:00.000+01:00

(Scooter are a German dance hardcore band founded in Hamburg.)

'Promiscuity is like never reading past the first page.
Monogamy is like reading the same book over and over.'
(Mason Cooley, 1927-2002)

Rumi 181: The Royal Wedding

2011-04-29T14:16:00.000+01:00

'Don't marry the person you think you can live with;
marry only the individual you think you can't live without.'
(James C. Dobson, b. 1936)

Rumi 180: Perseverance

2011-04-22T10:56:00.000+01:00

(Chipmunk is a British rapper. Chris Brown is an American singer.)

'Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs.
Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger.
If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.'
(Dale Breckenridge Carnegie, 1888-1955)

Rumi 179: Music and Emotions

2011-04-15T22:59:00.000+01:00

'Music is the divine expression of our primordial emotions.'
(Cyrus Rumi)

Rumi 178: Running from our Shadow

2011-04-08T12:41:00.000+01:00

'We can all attempt to run from our circumstances, and life itself, but for how long?
You can never outrun your own shadow.'
(Cyrus Rumi)

Rumi 177: Music, Dance and Poetry

2011-04-01T13:36:00.000+01:00

(Jennifer Lynn Lopez (b.1969) is an American actress, singer, record producer, dancer, television personality,
fashion designer and television producer.)

'There are many ways to access the divine within...music, dance,
poetry, meditation, silence and solitude...'
(Cyrus Rumi)

Rumi 176

2011-03-25T00:42:00.001Z

(Gokhan Ozen is a Turkish singer and songwriter.)

'Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument is an exchange of ignorance.'
(Verni Robert Quillen,1887-1948)

Rumi 175: Reality

2011-03-18T13:36:00.000Z

('Motorcycle' is an American progressive house group.)

'The reality you reside in is only temporal,
a spatial illusion of your creative consciousness.'
(Cyrus Rumi)

Rumi 174

2011-03-11T14:06:00.002Z

(The Corrs are a Celtic folk rock band from Dundalk, Ireland.)

'I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly, because you tread on my dreams.'
(Willian Butler Yeats, 1865-1939)

Rumi 173

2011-03-04T11:26:00.001Z

(Chase and Status are an electronic production duo from London.)

'Your fear is your weakness.
Your immortality is your strength.'
(Cyrus Rumi)

Rumi 172

2011-02-25T02:34:00.000Z

(Coldplay are an English alternative rock band formed in 1996 by lead vocalist Chris Martin and lead guitarist Jonny Buckland
at University College London.)

'Every house where love abides
And friendship is a guest,
Is surely home, and home sweet home
For there the heart can rest.'
(Henry Van Dyke,1852-1933)

Rumi 171: Carl Jung on Libido

2011-02-18T12:19:00.000Z

(Kesha Rose Sebert (b.1987), is an American pop singer and songwriter.)

'I think that one should view with philosophic admiration
the strange paths of libido, and should investigate
the purposes of its circuitous ways.'
(Carl Gustav Jung,1875-1961)

Rumi 170

2011-02-11T12:42:00.000Z

(Taio Cruz is an English singer, songwriter and music producer.
Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE, is an Australian pop singer, songwriter, and actress.)

'As we grow in higher consciousness,
we discover that it is more important to be the right person
than to find the right person.'
(Ken Keyes, Jr, 1921-95)

Rumi 169: Music Dedication to Raju (d.31.1.11)

2011-02-04T01:18:00.001Z

Ratatat is a New York City electronic music duo consisting of Mike Stroud (guitar)
and producer Evan Mast (bass, synthesizers).

'Missing you old friend...'
(Cyrus Rumi)

'The day which we fear as our last
is but the birthday of eternity.'
(Anneo Lucius Seneca, mid-1st century AD)

Rumi 168

2011-01-28T01:56:00.001Z

(Eluveitie is a folk metal band from Winterthur, Switzerland)

Let the gentle, fragrant breeze
of peace, love and compassion
spread to the four corners of the earth
and spiral into the heavens above
and beyond.

Let the gentle, fragrant breeze
of peace, love and compassion
issue down from the heavens above
to the four corners of the earth.

And those who resist this change
in their naivety,
will surely come to know
the error of their ways.
(Cyrus Rumi)

Rumi 167

2011-01-14T02:13:00.002Z

(Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner (b.1951),known by his professional name Sting, is an English musician,
singer-songwriter, activist, actor and philanthropist.
Ahmed Khelifati Mohamed , known by his stage name Cheb Mami (b.1966) is an Algerian-born raï singer.)

'All men dream, but not equally.
Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds,
wake in the day to find that it was vanity;
but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men,
for they may act on their dreams with open eyes,
to make them possible.'
(T. E. Lawrence, 1888-1935)

Rumi 166

2011-01-07T00:45:00.007Z

(Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler (b.1975), better known as Enrique Iglesias, is a Spanish pop music singer-songwriter.
Ciara Princess Harris (b.1985) is an American recording artist, dancer, actress, and fashion model.)

'Love is unconditional and divine in its Essence...'
(Cyrus Rumi)

'Intense love does not measure, it just gives.'
(Mother Teresa, 1910-97)

Rumi 165: Happy New Year

2010-12-31T13:51:00.000Z

'My spiritual love to you all...Happy New Year!'
(Cyrus Rumi)

'We will open the book. Its pages are blank.
We are going to put words on them ourselves.
The book is called Opportunity
and its first chapter is New Year's Day.'
(Edith Lovejoy Pierce, 1904-83)

Rumi 164: The Moment of Peace

2010-12-25T13:12:00.003Z

'Merry Christmas to you all...'
(Cyrus Rumi)

'Blessed are those who have undergone ordeals.
They have entered into life.'
(Jesus - The Gospel of Thomas)

Rumi 163

2010-12-18T00:13:00.001Z

'Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.'
(Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948)

Rumi 162: Spirituality and Lust

2010-12-11T00:02:00.002Z

(Enigma is an electronic musical project founded in Germany by Michael Cretu, David Fairstein
and Frank Peterson in 1990)

'Curiosity is the lust of the mind.'
(Thomas Hobbes,1588-1679)

Rumi 161: Sufi Meditation

2010-12-03T15:52:00.001Z

'Turn your gentle gaze inwards
and you shall find Me
guiding you through the labyrinth
of your false illusions and desires...'

'Is it not wiser to look inwards
to your own contradictions first,
before finding faults in others?'
(Cyrus Rumi)

Rumi 160

2010-11-26T02:21:00.001Z

(Depeche Mode is an English electronic music band which formed in 1980, in Basildon, Essex)

'Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.'
(Friedrich Nietzsche,1844-1900)

Rumi 159

2010-11-19T14:39:00.002Z

(Peter Brian Gabriel, b. 1950, is an English singer, musician and songwriter.
Youssou N'Dour, b. 1959, is a Senegalese singer and percussionist.)

"If each man or woman could understand
that every other human life is as full of sorrows,
or joys, or base temptations,
of heartaches and of remorse as his own . . .
how much kinder, how much gentler he would be."
(William Allen White, 1868-1944)

Rumi 158

2010-11-12T00:01:00.024Z

(Cheryl Cole (Cheryl Ann Tweedy, b.1983) is an English singer, songwriter, dancer, model and celebrity.)

'Beauty always promises, but never gives anything.'
(Simone Weil, 1909-43)

'Promise little and do much.'
(Hebrew proverb)

Rumi 157: Beauty

2010-11-05T03:47:00.000Z

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.
(Kahlil Gibran, 1883-1931)

Rumi 156

2010-10-29T23:39:00.002+01:00

(Indie rock band from London, England)

'I know there is strength in the differences between us.
I know there is comfort where we overlap.'
(Ani DiFranco , b.1970 )

Rumi 155: Sin

2010-10-22T02:50:00.001+01:00

(Pet Shop Boys are an English electronic dance music duo, consisting of Neil Tennant
and Chris Lowe.)

'Sin is whatever obscures the soul.'

(Andre Gide, 1869 – 1951)

Rumi 154

2010-10-15T00:39:00.000+01:00

'Peace cannot be kept by force.
It can only be achieved by understanding.
Our longing for understanding is eternal.'
(Albert Einstein,1879-1955)

Rumi 153

2010-10-08T02:57:00.002+01:00

(Justin Randall Timberlake, born 1981, is an American pop musician and actor)

'Before you begin on the journey of revenge, dig two graves.'
(~Proverb)

Rumi 152

2010-10-01T01:18:00.006+01:00

(British Rock Band - Sniff 'n' Tears)

'It's beauty that captures your attention;
personality which captures your heart.'
(~Anonymous~)

Rumi 151: Apostasy

2010-09-24T03:37:00.001+01:00

'We should embrace diversity, in all its beautiful forms, provided it doesn't cause
harm to others and yourselves...It's your determination, individually and collectively,
to express your free will and individuality, free from fear and the consequences
of your beliefs and actions...'
(Cyrus Rumi)

Rumi 150: Wicca

2010-09-17T02:32:00.003+01:00

'The fundamental tenet of Wicca is the Wiccan Rede, 'As it harm none, do as thou wilt'...
It essentially means that you are free to do anything so long as you do not impose your will
upon anyone, harm anyone or anything, including your own self, nature and its components.
In this context, Wicca is closer to the Law of Karma and its consequences. If you harm nature,
then nature will harm you. If you do good to nature, it will promote your well-being and happiness.'
(Sourced from the Internet.)

Rumi 149

2010-09-10T11:49:00.001+01:00

(British synthpop duo)

'Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it.
Because what the world needs is people
who have come alive.'
(Howard Thurman, 1899-1981)

Rumi 148

2010-09-03T01:14:00.000+01:00

'A society that lives in fear and suspicion
of each other is destined to crumble from within,
before it reaches new heights.'
(Cyrus Rumi)

Rumi 147

2010-08-27T02:10:00.000+01:00

(Florence and the Machine is the recording name of English pop artist Florence Welch, b.1986)

'Love is the essence of Creation.'
(Cyrus Rumi)

Rumi 146

2010-08-20T02:43:00.000+01:00

'With our obsession with antagonisms of the moment,
we often forget how much unites all the members of humanity.
I occasionally think how quickly our differences, worldwide,
would vanish if we were facing an alien threat
from outside this world.'
(Former President Ronald Reagan, while sharing the stage
with former Russian leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, 1988)

Rumi 145

2010-08-14T01:26:00.000+01:00

'Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.'
(Kahlil Gibran, 1883-1931)

Rumi 144

2010-08-06T15:12:00.000+01:00

(Paul Van Dyk (b.1971), is a German DJ, musician and record producer.)

'Angels have no philosophy but love.'
(Terri Guillemets, b.1973)

'We can live without religion and meditation,
but we cannot survive without human affection.'
(Dalai Lama, b. 1935)

Rumi 143: Change

2010-07-30T00:09:00.001+01:00

Al Stewart (born Alastair Ian Stewart, 5 September 1945) is a British singer-songwriter and folk-rock musician.

'All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy;
for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves;
we must die to one life before we can enter another.
(Anatole France,1844-1924)

Rumi 142: Solitariness

2010-07-23T02:25:00.000+01:00

(Gerry Rafferty (b.1947), a Scottish singer and songwriter)

With some people solitariness is an escape
not from others but from themselves.
For they see in the eyes of others
only a reflection of themselves.
(Eric Hoffer,1902-1983)

Rumi 141: Angels

2010-07-16T03:35:00.001+01:00

'We are each of us angels with only one wing,
and we can only fly by embracing one another.'
(Luciano de Crescenzo, b.1928)

Rumi 140: Prayer

2010-07-09T13:06:00.001+01:00

'Prayer is when you talk to God;
meditation is when you listen to God.'
(~Author Unknown)

'To give thanks in solitude is enough.
Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go.
Your prayer knows much more about it than you do.
(Victor Hugo, 1802-22)

Rumi 139

2010-07-02T00:57:00.002+01:00

'We are one big family...enjoy the journey...
with hope, patience and faith in yourselves and others.'
(Cyrus Rumi)

Rumi 138: Sigmund Freud on Sexuality

2010-06-18T02:29:00.005+01:00

(Lady Gaga - born Stefani Germanotta, American recording artist)

'In matters of sexuality we are at present, every one of us, ill or well, nothing but hypocrites.'

'We may lay it down that a happy person never fantasises, only an unsatisfied one... The motive forces of fantasies are unsatisfied wishes, and every single fantasy is the fulfilment of a wish, a correction of unsatisfying reality. These motivating wishes vary according to the sex, character and circumstances of the person who is having the fantasy; but they fall naturally into two main groups. They are either ambitious wishes, which serve to elevate the subject's personality; or they are erotic ones. It was shocking when Nietzsche said this, but today it is commonplace; our historical position—and no end to it is in sight—is that of having to philosophise without foundations.'
(Sigmund Freud, 1856-1939)

Rumi 137

2010-06-11T03:41:00.004+01:00

(Taio Cruz - British singer and songwriter)

'There were three of us in this marriage,
so it was a bit crowded.'

(Lady Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales, 1961-1997)

'Spiritual and sexual love are complementary
on many subtle levels...'

(Cyrus Rumi)

'Let every eye negotiate for itself
And trust no agent; for beauty is a witch
Against whose charms faith melteth in blood.'

(William Shakespeare, 1564-1616)

Rumi 136: Atheism

2010-06-04T02:35:00.001+01:00

'If there is a God, atheism must seem to Him
as less of an insult than religion.'

(Edmond de Goncourt, 1822-96)

'I prefer rationalism to atheism.
The question of God and other objects-of-faith
are outside reason
and play no part in rationalism,
thus you don't have to waste your time
in either attacking or defending.'

(Isaac Asimov, 1920-1992)

Rumi 135

2010-05-28T03:14:00.001+01:00

'There is no contradiction
in that which is sacred
and that which is secular.
It is only your lack of vision,
comprehension and spiritual awareness
that makes it so.'

(Cyrus Rumi)

Rumi 134

2010-05-22T00:07:00.000+01:00

'Nobody can go back and start a new beginning,
but anyone can start today and make a new ending.'

(Maria Robinson)

Rumi 133

2010-05-14T03:34:00.001+01:00

'We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.'

(Martin Luther King, 1929-68)

Rumi 132

2010-05-07T01:22:00.001+01:00

'Vanity and pride are different things,
though the words are often used synonymously.
A person may be proud without being vain.
Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves;
vanity, to what we would have others think of us.'

(Jane Austen, 1775-1817)

Rumi 131

2010-04-30T01:31:00.002+01:00

Sow an act and you reap a habit.
Sow a habit and you reap a character.
Sow a character and you reap a destiny.

(Marcus Fabius Quintilianus, ca. 35 – ca. 100)

Rumi 130

2010-04-23T00:42:00.005+01:00

(Scene filmed in the UK)

'We rarely hear the inward music,
but we're all dancing to it nevertheless.'
(Jalalu'ddin Rumi, 1207-73)

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Rumi 129

2010-04-16T00:26:00.007+01:00

'Now I know the full power of evil.
It makes ugliness seem beautiful
and goodness seem ugly
and weak.'
(August Strindberg, 1849-1912)

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Rumi 128: John Paul Larkin (Scatman John)(1942-1999)

2010-04-09T00:45:00.013+01:00

'Life is about recognising
your inner beauty
and divine potentialities...'
(Cyrus Rumi)

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Rumi 127: Philosopher A.C. Grayling

2010-04-02T01:07:00.005+01:00

'Those who know how to think
need no teachers.'
(Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948)

Rumi 126: Bertrand Russell (- a great philosopher and an atheist).

2010-03-26T03:49:00.006Z

Three passions have governed my life:
The longings for love, the search for knowledge,
And unbearable pity for the suffering of humankind.

Love brings ecstasy and relieves loneliness.
In the union of love I have seen
In a mystic miniature the prefiguring vision
Of the heavens that saints and poets have imagined.

With equal passion I have sought knowledge.
I have wished to understand the hearts of people.
I have wished to know why the stars shine.

Love and knowledge led upwards to the heavens,
But always pity brought me back to earth;
Cries of pain reverberated in my heart
Of children in famine, of victims tortured
And of old people left helpless.
I long to alleviate the evil, but I cannot,
And I too suffer.

This has been my life; I found it worth living.
(Bertrand Russell, 1872-1970)

Rumi 125

2010-03-19T00:46:00.004Z

'True goodbyes are the ones never said
or explained.'
(Anonymous)

Rumi 124 : Dedicated to 'Mushy', my friend! (d.7.3.10, c23yrs old)

2010-03-12T02:35:00.012Z

(Mushy's favourite music.)

'May the journey you embark upon
be a fulfilling one...
Missing you old friend...'
(Cyrus Rumi)

Rumi 123

2010-03-05T00:15:00.002Z

'Our greatest glory
is not in never falling,
but in rising
every time we fall...'
(Confucius, c551BC)

Rumi 122

2010-02-26T01:28:00.005Z

'Perhaps imagination is only intelligence having fun.'
(George Scialabba)

Rumi 121

2010-02-19T01:33:00.006Z

'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)

Rumi 120

2010-02-12T00:25:00.003Z

'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)