~ Rumi
Love is created from other love. Out of a union, a child is born and more love begins. That love opens our hearts and even if we lose everything: our money, our health, our jobs, love remains and is nearby.
Look out into the darkness, do you hear the song of love lifting you? It is comforting to know that Rumi holds love above everything and that it is everlasting. Here is the complete poem by Rumi.
Apart from Love, everything passes away.
The way to heaven is in your heart.
Open and lift the wings of Love!
When Love’s wings are strong, you need no ladder.
Though the world be thorns, a lover’s heart is a bower of roses.
Though heaven’s wheel be mired down, lovers’ lives go forward.
Invite love into each dark corner.
The lover is bright as a hundred thousand candles!
Even if a lover seems to be alone, the secret Beloved is nearby.
The time-span of union is eternity.
The life is a jar, and in it, union is the pure wine.
If we aren’t together, of what use is the jar?
The moment I heard my first love story I began seeking you,
not realising the search was useless.
Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere;
they are in one another’s souls all along.
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| To celebrate the 1000th Anniversary of the city of Neuchatel, Spanish artist Muma organized a display which featured 100,000 candles that were lit at various spots across the city, requiring the intervention of 1000 volunteers. 24th April 2011. |
When you find your love, the time-span of your union is eternity.
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