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[TEO]

[TEO]

His words remind me of you.  

[TEO]

The very center of your heart is where life begins.
The most beautiful place on earth.

[TEO]

Close your eyes, fall in love, stay there.

[TEO]

Life s picture is constantly undergoing change. The spirit beholds a new world every moment.

~ Rumi

[gregoir]

Thought Teo was changing the spelling of card games

[Wende]

Me too.  I was like "Wait, I love cards.....I am, I am...big fan.  Let's play" 

 

what a disappointment. 

[Tim the Beek]

Djinn Rumi?

 

 

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing
there is a field. I will meet you there.

When the soul lies down in that grass,
the world is too full to talk about.
Ideas, language, even the phrase each other
doesn’t make any sense.

 

One of my favorites by Rumi...

[nikkiblue]

ohhhh.   wait.  I c now.   

 

hehe. 

 

[Jersey Thug]

His words remind me of you.  

 

how so, TEO?  

 

i will have to read up a bit to respond in full, but that will have to wait 'til after dinner, at the very least...

 

until then i will say this:  though i haven't yet read his work, there is a lot i find that resonates in me, when i read this passage (which i admittedly found on a Wiki page on Rumi )

 

Rumi encouraged Sama, listening to music and turning or doing the sacred dance. In the Mevlevi tradition,samāʿ represents a mystical journey of spiritual ascent through mind and love to the Perfect One. In this journey, the seeker symbolically turns towards the truth, grows through love, abandons the ego, finds the truth and arrives at the Perfect. The seeker then returns from this spiritual journey, with greater maturity, to love and to be of service to the whole of creation without discrimination with regard to beliefs, races, classes and nations.

 

i'm still working on abandoning the ego. guess i need to whirl some more, huh?    

 

thank you for bringing him to my attention.  for now, in this moment, my answer is "not yet"  

[Jersey Thug]

as for the other Rummy...well, i LOVE Rummikub!  so...who wants to play?  

[Jersey Thug]

oh...there's already another thread for that i see  

 

TEO, here's one thing about quoting others:  i read quite a bit , though never as much as i'd like, and i do appreciate you bringing Rumi to my attention because he seems like someone i could really vibe with - his thoughts on love especially.  

 

but i try not to quote others very often.  there are many, many friends who i love dearly and whose original thoughts i would love to hear more of.  but they're busy quoting others whose thoughts and words they admire more than their own.  

 

i think that's a shame.  i'd really rather have an honest discussion, even if your words aren't as pretty.  that's just something that i've thought for a while, and this thread seems as good a place as any to express it.  

[china cat]

"I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

 

 

[china cat]

I'm sorry, Thug, I couldn't resist

[TakeAStepBack]

[TEO]

I will expand on this when I have time to sit more quietly and feel more able to put my thoughts/feelings into a coherent written expression.

 

Quickly though, the love and positivity of his poems remind me of you and your joyously bubbling essence.

[Jersey Thug]

d'awwww  that was so kind and thoughtful.  i'm smiling hugely and Jason is, quote, "Done for the night, thanks TEO!"   

 

and we were talking about you and about Rumi over dinner tonight.  conclusion:  both Jason and i are realllllllllllly looking forward to the next time we can sit down and have a real chat with you.  it's been way way way too long

 

so back to Rumi...Jason reminded me that one of my favorite new(ish) documentaries was largely inspired by his writings!  i forgot  so yes, i guess you could say i'm a fan  

 

CC  that made me laugh out loud.  thanks!  

[TEO]

Awesome, you are welcome Jason.  tee hee

 

I am very much looking forward to sharing energy and space and thoughts with you both.

 

Might I ask the name of the documentary to put into my viewing que?

[Jersey Thug]

it will be a time, for sure

 

and...of course!  and if we ever 1. remember who we lent it to last and b. get it back, i will send it to you myself...so bump this thread if you remember and find it elsewhere, k?  

 

http://www.iamthedoc.com/thefilm/

[TEO]

Yes, thank you!  

[Jersey Thug]

i love it so when you say yes...so thank YOU!

[Wende]

Get a room.

[Wende]

Oh wait....you got one.  My bad  

[Jersey Thug]

we're not shy...we do stuff right out in public.  

[china cat]

it will be a time, for sure

 

and...of course!  and if we ever 1. remember who we lent it to last and b. get it back, i will send it to you myself...so bump this thread if you remember and find it elsewhere, k?  

 

http://www.iamthedoc.com/thefilm/

 

LOVE THIS DOCUMENTARY! OWN TWO COPIES IF ANYONE WANTS TO BORROW -

 

WHY AM I YELLING??!

[china cat]

d'awwww  that was so kind and thoughtful.  i'm smiling hugely and Jason is, quote, "Done for the night, thanks TEO!"  

 

and we were talking about you and about Rumi over dinner tonight.  conclusion:  both Jason and i are realllllllllllly looking forward to the next time we can sit down and have a real chat with you.  it's been way way way too long

 

so back to Rumi...Jason reminded me that one of my favorite new(ish) documentaries was largely inspired by his writings!  i forgot  so yes, i guess you could say i'm a fan

 

CC  that made me laugh out loud.  thanks!  

 

love ya!  (and Jason, of course

[Tim the Beek]

That's the one I mentioned to you not too long ago TEO. It's good, good stuff!

[TEO]

Ah ha!  Yes, china cat I would very much like to borrow a copy if you please.

[china cat]

send addy, it'll go out tomorrow, though, you should(?) be able to watch it on Netflix

[sarah b.]

Just popping in to the love parade. Rumi rocks, and so do y'all.

[TEO]

send addy, it'll go out tomorrow, though, you should(?) be able to watch it on Netflix

 

 

Currently not available for streaming.

[TEO]

 

 

Love this  

[Jersey Thug]

Sarah YOU rock!

 

and thanks TEO...that's a very timely and much-needed post right there ^ 

[Lemireacle]

Currently not available for streaming.

 

DVD'd

[Jwheelz]

like this thread

[TEO]

You will learn by reading
But you will understand with love.

[hoagie]

"It has been said that the Chinese do not love. Observers of their family hierarchies have written that the only true tenderness exists between mother and son. Others have insisted that even the word for love in Chinese does not exist. And it is true that neither the blanket ai nor the benevolent ren translates into any unconditional passion." - Shadows of the Silk Road

http://www.penmaiden...-exist.html?m=1

[TEO]

(((Persian)))

[Jersey Thug]

[Jersey Thug]

that one was worth quoting

[TEO]