Loki Listens » rumi http://lokilistens.com there's this dream, then I'm awake. Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:59:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Basic Ideology 101 – #27 http://lokilistens.com/2009/12/11/basic-ideology-101-27/ http://lokilistens.com/2009/12/11/basic-ideology-101-27/#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:17:56 +0000 Jack Lhasa http://lokilistens.com/?p=718 The way of the Sufi is to embrace the joy of the essence of God in everything, and every aspect of everything. The best times and the worst times. Rumi expresses this supreme joy:

I am a lover of both His benevolence and severity!
Amazing it is that I’m in love with these opposites!

Jack
I Listen.

Basic Ideology 101
Lesson #27
The Battle of Nafs

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]]> http://lokilistens.com/2009/12/11/basic-ideology-101-27/feed/ 0 Basic Ideology 101 – #20 http://lokilistens.com/2009/07/28/basic-ideology-101-20/ http://lokilistens.com/2009/07/28/basic-ideology-101-20/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:03:01 +0000 Jack Lhasa http://lokilistens.com/?p=607 The tracks always come back. Rumi. Shams. Wine and Dance and God. Was there ever really anything else? Since I first discovered Sufism as an adolescent, the dervish spin never left me. The idea that one can get so close, become so consumed in the flame, and love every moment of it.

I lost that passion some time ago. Life kicked me in the ass, and I let myself become consumed in self-loathing and self-pity. I was weak, and lost all focus. My dreams tossed to the wayside. I just want to feel that way again. Simple. Perfect. Loved. My dreams twisted, contorted, converged, because of my lack of, no, my loss of faith. My lack of confidence.

I’m relearning that passion. I’m remembering that spin, and I can taste wine, and dancing, and God, so, so very close. When the dreams are too real, and the spin too fast, and the wine too strong, I know that I am on the right path again.

What path do you walk?

—-

Jack
I Listen.

Basic Ideology 101

Lesson #20
The Battle of Re-Realization

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]]> http://lokilistens.com/2009/07/28/basic-ideology-101-20/feed/ 2 Ruminations http://lokilistens.com/2008/06/01/ruminations/ http://lokilistens.com/2008/06/01/ruminations/#comments Sun, 01 Jun 2008 22:00:49 +0000 Jack Lhasa http://lokilistens.com/2008/06/01/ruminations/ For the first time on Loki Listens, I’m going to publish a poem I am actually sort of proud of. Hopefully someone will enjoy it as much as I do.

—

Drink in the night.
Can you feel this flavor?
The wine is deep red.
The love is crystal clear.
Drink with me.
This cup we share.
We are not this.
We never were.
One moment,
trapped in amber,
perfect,
in its eternal happiness,
is more than we
could ever ask for.
Drink with me.
This cup we share.
Spill the wine.

(poem inspired by the works of Jalal ad-Din Rumi.)

-Jack.
I Listen.
I Travel.

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]]> http://lokilistens.com/2008/06/01/ruminations/feed/ 1 Developmental Theology 089 Lesson #45 http://lokilistens.com/2008/02/26/developmental-theology-089-lesson-45/ http://lokilistens.com/2008/02/26/developmental-theology-089-lesson-45/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:01:28 +0000 Jack Lhasa http://lokilistens.com/?p=128 “Whoever’s calm and sensible is insane.”
-Rumi

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