Occupation: Poet Birth: September 30, 1207 Death: December 17, 1273
The Earth turns to Gold, in the hands of the wise..
I want a trouble-maker for a lover, Blood spiller, blood drinker, a heart of flame, Who quarrels with the sky and fights with fate, Who burns like fi….
Be a spot of ground where nothing is growing, where something might be planted, a seed, possibly, from the Absolute..
Woman is a ray of God. She is not that earthly beloved: she is creative, not created..
If you put your heart against the earth with me In serving every creature, our Beloved will enter you From our sacred realm, and we will be, we w….
I long to escape the prison of my ego and lose myself in You..
Every forest branch moves differently in the breeze, but as they sway they connect at the roots..
The intelligent desire self-control; children want candy..
Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form..
Do you know what you are? You are a manuscript oƒ a divine letter. You are a mirror reflecting a noble face. This universe is not outside of you. Loo….
The testing of good and bad is in order that the gold may boil and bring the scum to the top..
Inside any deep asking is the answering..
From the Distance You only See My Light; Come closer and You will Know that I Am You..
Through your love existence and nonexistence merge. All opposites unite. All that is profane becomes sacred again..
If Your Eyes Are Opened, You'll See The Things Worth Seeing..
Listen to presences inside poems..
Tend to your vital heart, and all that you worry about will be solved..
When I am silent, I have thunder hidden inside..
To change, you must face the dragon of your appetites with another dragon: the life-energy of the soul..
Those who don't feel this love pulling them like a river, those who don't drink dawn like a cup of springwater or take in sunset like a supper, thos….
How did you get here? Close your eyes . . . and surrender!.