There is nothing you cannot do

There is nothing you cannot do.  Prove not to the world, but to yourself.  Do not disguise love with work.  That you accept the hint of joy is to your highest good.
Babaji

When work becomes play, then you know you are alive

When work becomes play, then you know you are alive.  Oh, they could not stand me; I had too much fun!  And yet, it is available to one and all.  It is a very simple equation:

Life – Fear = Fun

If we give up the fear mind that clutches until its nails bleed from grabbing, if we determinately extricate those hands and speak gently and softly with strength and the power of love, the crop of fear lies dead in the field.

These are the times to become the compassionate farmer, if you will.  You must not allow your small mind to bully you, but you must not bully your small mind because it does not comprehend.  It is limited in the glory of your truth; you are not.

So give thanks to God for the opportunity to do that which you love, that which you do.  Gratitude, simple, eternal; stay there.
Shams of Tabriz

Right now can be the epiphany or the soul realization you long for

Right now can be the epiphany or the soul realization you long for.  Gather up your materialism, your needs and wants and desires, do what you must, but know that real life, living a true life is living a life in God.  And yes, how can one believe what one does not see?  Because one must know.  How can one know?  Because one is born of that truth.  What is truth?  It is, when everything else is taken away, what remains.  It is light; it is the trillion stars in the heavens.  It is the mind that created those stars and the heavens and you, and me.

Know this: we are not separate.  We have never been and never will be.  The amnesia is passing swiftly.  If you do not yet glimpse, you shall.   What is real, what is true, is not what the world would have you think.  What is love is, after you have suffered all the pain from resistance, what you choose because there is nothing left to choose.  But that in itself is a choice; is it not?

I applaud each and every one of you; you must not ever surrender.  You are above untruth.  You move with the thought of God, and God calls you home, to the home within you.  That is being successful.  That is finding bliss.  That is becoming Buddha.  That is the Christ resurrection.  It is simply deciding that within eventually becomes without. 

As you love yourselves through, as you care enough to care.  You will begin to understand that THE WAY is and always has been the only way, and that is to love.  Your world is starved for it, your fragileness screams for it.  Your soul attempts to provide it but you are caught in the cycle of self-flagellation and judgment and criticism. 

But think, it does not work; no matter what the world or society puts upon you, it does not work unless it promotes love.  Will you not join me in calling it a lie?  Be the bravest of the brave and forge your life through the darkness because, truthfully, this entire journey is but an illusion.  And when you, to your true home return, this journey will be the dream rather than the reality. 

With deep love,

Divine Mother

We, most of us, want recognition

We, most of us, want recognition.  We want other souls to witness our light, to know of our kindness, to pay homage to our creations, and sadly perhaps, is the world built upon such a foundation.  But if it is accolades you seek, then none will speak of you higher nor more loving than God, and all we must do is listen. 

If you can do what you do, you can hear God.  It is for almost everyone the most difficult task in the world, to hand it all to the beloved most high.  But if you seek truth, then you must go to the place where God will meet you, which is your welcome and your insistence.

I did not cease composing poetry because none would read it, and fewer still would understand it.  I did what I did because I loved doing it.  Every time it brought me back to Shams.  It is no different with any art form.  It will always bring you back, always and in all ways to God.

If you could see how great a fan, how great and noble a listener, how attentive, how riveted is God, you would not care who in the world would read or not read, would praise or not praise, would admire or not admire, it doesn’t matter.

So do not be fooled by the shortness of vision and sight.  You may have to squint a little bit, but that is God in there.  And if you listen really closely, you might hear her say something like: “Well, look what we did this time!”
Rumi

The greatest suffering comes from the small mind

The greatest suffering comes from the small mind.  The greatest peace comes from the nothing that simplicity affords.  Every idea is capable.  All condescension is incapable. 

Release must initiate from the heart; surrender, always from the mind.  Let go.  It is not a rope that your fingers tear at; it is simply a dream that has run its course.  It is time that you stand and leave the theater and walk away into the sun, into the life-beloved.  And bring all of your dreams that, like some great story house, will become your world, your home, your house. 

It takes no strength to stand against the many, when one is God self-realized.  It takes the strength of a God to face the world when one is unsure.  Look at your lives—all of them—and forget them.  They were very nice at one time.  But even time is an illusion.  And the only illusion worthwhile is the truth.  And the truth is love.  And what does that make you?   

Buddha

If your attention is diverted toward lack, limitation and need, follow me

If your attention is diverted toward lack, limitation and need, follow me.  I will show you the golden sun, I will whisper in your ears until you remember that you are the way and what you love is nirvana; your passion is the key.

Do you hear me, beloveds?  Let none judge you, accept no judgment.  You must not live in the muck of the river any longer.  You must swim to the light.  Do not think that what the world of society takes as real is real.

What you love, what brings you joy, the fire of your passion is real, because it is God.  And God is the only reality.  You can quote me if you like.
Divine Mother

You can bring the light of God into your earthly moments

You can bring the light of God into your earthly moments.  You can open your eyes and see.  In a real sense are you trapped by the physical body.  But it is the Godly-adept that strives and eventually overcomes such a challenge.

 

There will be much rebellion from the lower self.  There will be the pungent and thick and sloth-moving mistakes and judgments and shame and lessons of the past that are dumped into your present moment.  This is the way it is done.  However, one need not wallow in such a sticky mess if one is forthright, committed, focused and courageous in their pursuit of bringing forward their true body of light.

 

For every step forward soul takes, the ego mind would march you back a dozen score.  It is the way of fear, but this is changing.  Remember that the heart rising into the sea of God attempts to pull the body-mind with it, and the body-mind is incapable of instantaneously achieving those spiritually lofty heights.  So we experience fatigue but we never give up.  So you see, every victory, if you will, has its cost.  You will be used to this in time, and believe it or not, it will not affect you the same way. 

 

Raising the octave of the physical does not occur overnight, so do not be hard on yourselves.  So remember the mountain top, remember what it feels like to stand atop that sea and remember that you live, breathe, move and have your being in something much lighter and freedom-filled and limit-less than the body. 

Rumi

It brings God immeasurable joy that to create in the world

It brings God immeasurable joy that to create in the world, but you must consciously go first.  Master, be with me, do this with me, stand by my side.  Master, stand within me; that is the way, the loving way, that is the Christian way, that is the Buddhist way, that is the Muslim way.  They are all the same; they are just some great tapestry that is over-embroidered.

We must be true to our truth.  I showed God my love with every word I wrote.  Love God with what you do best and then discover that best is unlimited; many new directions, many new perceptions, many different avenues, many ways to see and feel. 

I did not see life so much as a poem as I saw it the opportunity to become a living, breathing God.  I know that it is your silhouettes walking along the same path.
With love, Rumi.