I dreamt I came to a magnificent city whose palace was the rose, rose. The crown and throne of the great sultan, his garden and chambers were the rose, rose.   Here they buy and sell but roses and the roses are the scales they use, Weighing roses with more[...]

A time comes in your life when you finally get it… When in the midst of all your fears and insanity you stop dead in your tracks and somewhere the voice inside your head cries out – ENOUGH! Enough fighting and crying or struggling to hold on.   Like a[...]

Then Almitra spoke again and said, ‘And what of Marriage, master?’   And he answered saying:   You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore.   You shall be together when white wings of death scatter your days.   Aye, you shall be together even in the silent[...]

Slowly the west reaches for clothes of new colours which it passes to a row of ancient trees. You look, and soon these two worlds both leave you, one part climbs toward heaven, one sinks to earth,   leaving you, not really belonging to either, not so helplessly dark as[...]

What is laughter? What is laughter? It is God waking up! O it is God waking up! It is the sun poking its sweet head out From behind a cloud You have been carrying too long, Veiling your eyes and heart.   It is Light breaking ground for a great[...]

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.   I love thee to the level of everyday’s Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight. I love thee freely, as men strive[...]

My shoulder is against yours. you will not find me in the stupas, not in Indian shrine rooms, nor in synagogues, nor in cathedrals: not in masses, nor kirtans, not in legs winding around your own neck, nor in eating nothing but vegetables.   When you really look for me,[...]