how your finger stops hurting 

when you go to the movies?

For two hours ,you forget it

But after you come out,

It begins to throb again.

Isn’t there a movie house

I could spend my life in

To remove my pain?

The sage tells us there is;

The problem is we have to build it;

Brick by brick.

I’ve started,but there’s

A long way to go.

Yet sometimes,already

When I sit in it,

I can feel my troubles go.

I can’t wait till

It’s finished.

We puzzle over the meaning of a painting or a book,

when what we’re wanting to see and understand

in this world,we are that.

   Rumi

 the more they stay

 the same.

A caterpillar carries

within it the germ

of the butterfly.

An acorn carries

within

the mighty oak.

And we,what 

do we carry

within?

What is our heritage

what is our 

potential?

Do we know this,

Do we understand,

Do we care?

What can I do 

To nourish

this seed?

The rain falls 

on all things,

Weeds and vegetables alike.

The vegetables grow 

into useful forms

How about me?

     Search for it carefully and go there as love within love.If you open your eyes and look – it is there.It exists as light within light, as the qualities within the qualities. There is a treasure that is fundamental and eternal. It is wisdom,  it is the ocean of compassion, it is light to all beings in the world who see it. This eternal treasure is love.

     M.R.Bawa Muhaiyaddeen

tantalizingly close

this mystery

I can feel it inside,

It is in my mind

And my heart.

I can feel it in 

the air.

Death brings it

even closer.

Birth sings its praises.

It is

Everywhere.

And I know

If I can only

touch it,

I will be saved.

What a puzzle;

It already touches me;

But  I can’t touch it.

Maybe,if I let go 

of my desire,

It will take 

me in.

gone in a little

while.

We all go.

I feel some sense 

of urgency, but

mostly I watch.

I know I need

that special sense

That comes from

the center

of my heart.

It sees through the

filter of God,

removes fear,

And places each 

thing in its

proper light

Eternity in a grain

of sand always

sounded good.

I’m beginning

to see how 

it’s possible

That place is not a meditation room,not a church,not a temple.

That place cannot be found through psychology, science, mantras, meditation, ritual, or spiritual practices.

That place is found only within the open space of pure light

which is the human soul.

M.R.Bawa Muhaiyaddeen