Energy Share for Sunday
December 28, 2008
Of Being Woven
"The way is full of genuine sacrifice.
The thickets blocking your path are anything
that keeps you from that, any fear that you may be broken
into bits like a glass bottle.
This road demands courage and stamina, yet it's full of footprints!
Who are these companions?
They are rungs in your ladder. Use them!
With company you quicken your ascent.
You may be happy enough going along, but with others
you'll get farther, and faster.
Someone who goes cheerfully by himself
to the customs house to pay his traveler's tax
will go even more lightheartedly
when friends are with him.
Every prophet sought out companions.
A wall standing alone is useless, but put three or four walls
together, and they'll support a roof and keep grain
dry and safe.
When ink joins with a pen, then the blank paper
can say something.
Rushes and reeds must be woven to be useful as a mat.
If they weren't interlaced
the wind would blow them away.
Like that, God paired up creatures, and gave them
friendship."
This is how the fowler and the bird were arguing
about hermitic living and Islam.
It’s a prolonged debate.
Husam shorten their controversy.
Make the Mathnawi more nimble and less lumbering.
Agile sounds are more appealing to the heart’s ear.
From Rumi – Selected Poems
Translated by Coleman Barks with John Moyne
December 28, 2008
Of Being Woven
"The way is full of genuine sacrifice.
The thickets blocking your path are anything
that keeps you from that, any fear that you may be broken
into bits like a glass bottle.
This road demands courage and stamina, yet it's full of footprints!
Who are these companions?
They are rungs in your ladder. Use them!
With company you quicken your ascent.
You may be happy enough going along, but with others
you'll get farther, and faster.
Someone who goes cheerfully by himself
to the customs house to pay his traveler's tax
will go even more lightheartedly
when friends are with him.
Every prophet sought out companions.
A wall standing alone is useless, but put three or four walls
together, and they'll support a roof and keep grain
dry and safe.
When ink joins with a pen, then the blank paper
can say something.
Rushes and reeds must be woven to be useful as a mat.
If they weren't interlaced
the wind would blow them away.
Like that, God paired up creatures, and gave them
friendship."
This is how the fowler and the bird were arguing
about hermitic living and Islam.
It’s a prolonged debate.
Husam shorten their controversy.
Make the Mathnawi more nimble and less lumbering.
Agile sounds are more appealing to the heart’s ear.
From Rumi – Selected Poems
Translated by Coleman Barks with John Moyne
Today I sent you a boost with an energy ball infused with the warmth of love and divine light. Call on it anytime you need to enjoy this week. I gratefully acknowledge the boost from you. Thanks for being the wonderful friends and healers you are. May you find all your greatest dreams fulfilled in the coming year.
Namaste (Let us honor the love and peace within each other),
Lydia
1. Lydia Smith-Lenardson, Moreno Valley, California, USA
2. Lynn Wilson, Manchester, England, UK
3. Judy Oliver, Silver Spring, MD, USA
4. Joan Anderson, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
5. Lena Goon, Alberta, Canada
6. Mari Hayama, Berkeley, California, USA
7. Veronica Hansen, Sarina, Queensland, Australia
8. Mirjam Kik, Tonge, The Netherlands
9. Andy Cooper, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
10. Sheryl Morris, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
11. Linda Prucha, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
12. Joseph Bennett, Ventura, California, USA
13. Steve and Karen Edwards, Gunnislake, Cornwall, England
14. Rev. Patricia Lusher, Berlin, Vermont, USA
15. Patricia Blundon, Pembroke,Ontario
16. Violet Moreau, Pembroke,Ontario
17. Dunni Olasehan, Lagos, Nigeria
18. Austin Ndego, Lagos, Nigeria
19. Gurjinder Strom, Miami, Florida, USA
20. Natasha Adair, Olney Springs, Colorado, USA
21. Amy Manuel, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
22. Janet Kinge, Basingstoke, UK
23. Janet Henningsen, Indialantic, Florida, USA
24. Sister Mary Mebane, Santa Maria, California, USA
25. Denise Matthews, Nottinghamshire, UK
26. Meelah Rasheed, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
27. Eve Hale, Hampshire, England, UK
28. Sandy Kolman, Belleville, Illinois, USA
29. Hillary Bisaillon, Yorktown, Virginia, USA
30. Heidi Fruhling, Ft. Collins, Colorado, USA
31. Maree Rogers, Hastings, Westernport Bay, Australia
32. Carol Gent, Lancashire, England, UK
33. Matthew Leonard, Lodi, New Jersey, USA
34. Moira Congreve, England, UK
35. Silvia Weisz, Melbourne, Australia
36. Grant Luckey, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
37. Tiffany Wardle Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
38. Y.Nowshad, Kollam Kerala,India
39. Madhurima Bhatnagar, Fremont, California, USA
40. Venkataramadas Vivekanand, Chennai, India
41. Kim Lerman, North Highlands, California, USA
42. Donna Pfeiffer, Venice, Florida, USA
43. Egon Russell, Adelaide, Alabama, USA
44. Eileen To, Middlesex, Alabama, UK
45. Gudrun Gudmundsdottir, San Diego, California, USA
46. Janet Evans, Fort Walton Beach, Florida, USA
47. Kim McCluskey, Tucson, Arizona, USA
48. Kyle James, Bel Air, Maryland, USA
49. Linda Cromer, The Villages, Florida, USA
50. Margaret McGuire, Cooma, New South Wales, Australia
51. Nathan Norton, Wentworth Falls, New South Wales, Australia
52. Pamela Clements, Westminster, Colorado, USA
53. Rebecca Cochran, Findlay, Ohio, USA
54. Rene Beauchemin, Alabama, Tomono, Canada
55. Rosemary Barton, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
56. Theresa Johnson, Salisbury, Maryland, USA
57. Vera Murrell, Friendsville, Tennessee, USA
58. Zachary Buchholz, Chicago, IL, USA
59. Karen Sheppard, St. John's, Newfoundland/Labrador, Canada
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