Actions Are Your Best Friend

The Prophet Mohammed said, “There is no better companion on this way than what you do. Your actions will be your best friend, or if you’re cruel and selfish, your actions will be a poisonous snake that lives in your grave.” –Rumi Thinking is the opposite of acting, so if you are not acting you […]

Does Everything Happen For Our Own Good?

“He washed his hands and feet, and just as he reached for his boot, an eagle snatched it away! The boot turned upside down as it lifted, and a poisonous snake dropped out. The eagle circled and brought the boot back, saying, “My helpless reverence for you made this necessary…Mohammad thanked the eagle and said, […]

Don’t Move The Way Fear Makes You Move

“Keep walking, though there’s no place to get to. Don’t try to see through the distances. That’s not for human beings. Move within, but don’t move the way fear makes you move.” —Rumi Any decision is better than no decision, if you are making them fast enough and course correcting. Action is generally better than […]

Mother, If Not For You I Wouldn’t Be

“I profess the religion of love, Love is my religion and my faith. My mother is love My father is love My prophet is love My God is love I am a child of love I have come only to speak of love.” __Rumi Unselfish and unconditional love can be found only in one’s mother. One cannot find this feeling anywhere else […]

Poets On Life and Death

“In order to possess what you do not possess you must go by the way of dispossession“ We live in a world where there is no room for a poem, no time absolutely whatsoever. Rumi and T.S. Eliot are remnants of a long gone era but rest assured their poems are forever. Rumi has written […]