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The only friends who are free from cares are the goblet of wine and a book. Give me wine...that I may for a time forget the cares of the world.

I have learned so much from God that I can no longer call myself a Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim, a Buddhist, a Jew. The Truth has shared so much of Itself with me that I can no longer call myself a man, a woman, an angel, or even a pure Soul. Love has befriended me so completely it has turned to ash and freed me of every concept and image my mind has ever known.

What Happens_x000D__x000D__x000D_What happens when your soul_x000D__x000D_Begins to awaken_x000D__x000D_Your eyes_x000D__x000D_And your heart_x000D__x000D_And the cells of your body_x000D__x000D_To the great Journey of Love?_x000D__x000D__x000D_First there is wonderful laughter_x000D__x000D_And probably precious tears_x000D__x000D__x000D_And a hundred sweet promises_x000D__x000D_And those heroic vows_x000D__x000D_No one can ever keep._x000D__x000D__x000D_But still God is delighted and amused_x000D__x000D_You once tried to be a saint._x000D__x000D__x000D_What happens when your soul_x000D__x000D_Begins to awake in this world_x000D__x000D__x000D_To our deep need to love_x000D__x000D_And serve the Friend?_x000D__x000D__x000D_O the Beloved_x000D__x000D_Will send you_x000D__x000D_One of His wonderful, wild companions -_x000D__x000D__x000D_Like Hafiz.

The sun will stand as your best man_x000D__x000D_And whistle_x000D__x000D_When you have found the courage_x000D__x000D_To marry forgiveness_x000D__x000D__x000D_When you have found the courage_x000D__x000D_to marry_x000D__x000D_Love.

All these words are just a front. What I would really like to do is chain you to my body, then sing for days & days & days.

We don't need sugar, flour or rice or anything else. We just want to see our dear ones.

Time is a factory where everyone slaves away earning enough love to break their own chains.

The tide of my love _x000D__x000D_Has risen so high let me flood _x000D__x000D_over _x000D__x000D__x000D_You.

There is no pleasure without a tincture of bitterness.

In time of trouble avert not thy face from hope, for the soft marrow abideth in the hard bone.

I caught the happy virus last night_x000D_When I was out singing beneath the stars._x000D_It is remarkably contagious - _x000D_So kiss me.

How seamless seemed love and then came trouble!

I should not make any promises right now,_x000D_But I know if you_x000D_Pray_x000D_Somewhere in this world -_x000D_Something good will happen.

Whatis the root of all these words?_x000D_One thing: Love._x000D_But a love so deep and sweet it needed to express itself with scents, sounds, colors that never before existed.

Come Dance with Me , come dance.

The _x000D_Earth would die_x000D_If the sun stopped kissing her.

The beauty of You delights me. The sight of You amazes me. For the Pearl does this... and the Ocean does that.

The earth has disappeared beneath my feet, It fled from all my ecstasy. Now like a singing air creature I feel the rose keep opening.

For I have learned that every heart will get_x000D_What it prays for_x000D_Most.

True art awakens the_x000D_Extraordinary_x000D_Ovation

It is written on the gate of heaven: Nothing in existence is more powerful than destiny. And destiny brought you here, to this page, which is part of your ticket-as all things are-to return to God.