Keep me away from myself

O my God, don’t leave me in the hand of this unreliable self.
Don’t make me agree with anyone but You.
I run to You from deceits, troubles of ‘myself’,
I am Yours.
Don’t give myself back to me.




[Melvana Jalaluddin Rumi]

Unification

I come to you without me, come to me without you.
Self is the thorn in the sole of the soul.
Merge with others,
If you stay in self, you are a grain, you are a drop,
If you merge with others, you are an ocean, you are a mine.
[Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi]

Detachment

Detachment is not that you should own nothing, but that nothing should own you.

[Hazrat Ali]

Glimmer in your Eyes

"God wants to see more playfulness in your eyes for that is your greatest witness to Him."

[Hafiz-14th century Persian poetic and saint]