“Load the ship and set out. No one knows for certain whether the vessel will sink or reach the harbor. Cautious people say, 'I'll do nothing until I can be sure.' Merchants know better. If you do nothing, you lose. Don't be one of those merchants who wont risk the ocean.” PeopleIfsKnowsI CanSpiritualCertainLosesRiskOceanShipsLoadVesselHarborsCautiousMerchants Author:Rumi
“I sail with you on the ocean of my dreams to a far away distant Place of great beauty and tranquility. where suffering and pain do not exist, where we give praises for our joy and happiness, where our Love interwines with Love for all things.” GivingDreamPainJoySufferingOceanAll ThingsPraiseFar AwaySailTranquilityOur LoveJoy And HappinessSuffering And Pain Author:Rumi
“Not Christian or Jew or Muslim, not Hindu, Buddhist, sufi, or zen. Not any religion or cultural system. I am not from the East or the West, not out of the ocean or up from the ground, not natural or ethereal, not composed of elements at all. I do not exist, am not an entity in this world or the next, did not descend from Adam or Eve or any origin story. My place is placeless, a trace of the traceless. Neither body or soul. I belong to the beloved, have seen the two worlds as one and that one call to and know, first, last, outer, inner, only that breath breathing human being.” KnowsWorldFirstsHumansTwoSoulStoriesBodyChristianLastsReligionNextNaturalHuman BeingsThis WorldElementsOceanBreathsWestJewEastBuddhistBreathingBelovedAdamEntitySufiTwo WorldsEtherealSufi Mystic Author:Rumi
“My heart is burning with love. All I can see is this flame. My heart is burning with passion, like waves on an ocean. I'm at home, wherever I am. And in the room of lovers, I can see with closed eyes the beauty that dances. Behind the veils, intoxicated with love, I too dance the rhythm of this moving world.” WorldHeartI CanHomeEyeMovingPassionRoomsBehindsLoversMy HeartOceanWaveRhythmBurningFlamesVeilsIntoxicatedClosed Eyes Author:Rumi
“How do I know who I am or where I am? How could a single wave locate itself in an ocean.” KnowsOceanWaveWho I Am Author:Rumi
“Wake up Lovers, It is time to start the Journey! Let us kiss the ground & flow like a river towards the Ocean. Only love can lead the way.” WayJourneyLoversKissingOceanFlowRiversWake UpOnly Love Author:Rumi
“From the urgent way lovers want each other to the seeker's search for truth, all moving is from the mover. Every Pull Draws Us To The Ocean.” WayWantMovingLoversOceanDrawsUrgentSeekersSearch For Truth Author:Rumi
“Let yourself be loved, O Beloved, in the One. And from this One move out into the world, carrying within you the great potent energies of life to green your world, to create planets, suns, stars, stones, waves, oceans, to create new forms of life and expression - whether a friendship, a feeling or a new form of vocation.” WorldFeelingsMovingFormEnergyStarsSunPositivePlanetsExpressionOceanStonesGreenWaveAttractionLaw Of AttractionBelovedWithin YouVocationEnergy Of Life Author:Rumi
“Fish love the ocean. Snakes move like earth-fish inside a mountain,well away from seawater. Certain sunfish,though,turn snakes into ocean lovers.” WellsEarthMovingCertainTurnsFreedomLoversMountainOceanFishesSnakes Author:Rumi
“For the water animals, the ocean is like a garden; for the land animals, it is death and pain.” PainWaterAnimalLandPerspectiveOceanGarden Author:Rumi