tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73122336445253645502009-02-21T06:33:17.618-08:00Chicago Shadhuli Sufishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07537962681068676246noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7312233644525364550.post-86909462414421872022008-07-05T08:17:00.000-07:002008-07-05T08:23:11.014-07:00Master told me to drink from the cup<br />Trusting him, I did and I knew...<br />I knew from whence the plant grew<br />I knew how it became sweet<br />I truly knew what it meant to savor<br />I was the rocky soil that had nurtured it<br />and even the cup that held its flavor<br />I felt the warm winds carressing my leaves<br />I was the plant itself<br />That I could know these things is a testament<br />to the One Energy<br />I will never forget that lesson<br />It was a milemarker on the way back home<br />Remembering has helped me, especially when I feel alone<br />We are all but leaves of the One Great Plant<br />One blissful energy<br />Harness this gift of feeling<br />and you too will become One with all Creation<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7312233644525364550-8690946241442187202?l=chicagosufis.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>abdullahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212287011282481274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7312233644525364550.post-2577857156225306792008-07-05T08:05:00.001-07:002008-07-05T08:15:47.665-07:00There sits a blossom<br />high in the mountains<br />Who sees this flower<br />except for me?<br /><br />What a wonder!<br /><br />Only the Creator and I<br />know of its exquisite beauty<br />The flower cares not<br />who appreciates it<br />It is content to just be<br />Deeply it knows its contribution<br />It has lived many years<br />Surpassing the lifespan<br />of many men<br />Yet it is not bored<br />In its own radiance it basks<br />It never grows weary<br />nor ever carries burdens<br />It is a wonder to behold<br />One day, on this plane, it will flower no more<br />going back into the great Collective<br />merging with other beauty<br />to possibly bloom again<br />in some other glorious way<br /><br />We are all flowers of extraoridinary brilliance<br />of all types and colors<br />Be like the flower<br />even if no one knows your true light<br />For like the flower of the mountain<br />you add immeasurably to the whole<br />Realize your contribution<br />and sing the song of thanks to the Creator<br />for you are priviledged to serve<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7312233644525364550-257785715622530679?l=chicagosufis.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>abdullahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212287011282481274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7312233644525364550.post-45878861470845708352008-07-05T07:55:00.000-07:002008-07-05T08:05:13.511-07:00What are your dreams?<br />They are only shadows of<br />what is real<br />Then what is real you ask?<br />Real is experiential<br />It exsists only in the feeling realm<br />One can experience it<br />but when one tries to grab hold<br />it disappears like a phantom<br />Dream for real<br />Experience the Oneness<br />of all things<br />How do I do this?<br />Questions, questions, ha!<br />Go to the place in your being that resists<br />Enter the resistance and follow it to where it leads<br />once you are there resistance disappears<br />Now you are at the place where dreams are real !<br />Now you are in the true Present<br />where all things that come to pass are created<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7312233644525364550-4587886147084570835?l=chicagosufis.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>abdullahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212287011282481274noreply@blogger.com0