what wisdom was this, that the Object of all desire
caused me to leave my home joyously on a fool’s errand,
so that I was actually rushing to lose the way
and at each moment being taken farther from what I sought
but then God in His Beneficence made that very wandering
the means of my reaching the right road and finding Love

He makes losing the way a way to true faith
He makes of going astray a field for the harvest of righteousnes
so that no righteous one may be without fear
and no traitor may be without hope
The Generous One has put the antidote in the poison
so that they may say He is the Sustainer of hidden grace

Rumi,
trns. by Kabir Helminski

Be with those who help your being.
Don’t sit with indifferent people, whose breath
comes cold out of their mouths.
Not these visible forms, your work is deeper.

A chunk of dirt thrown in the air breaks to pieces.
If you don’t try to fly,
and so break yourself apart,
you will be broken open by death,
when it’s too late for all you could become.

Leaves get yellow. The tree puts out fresh roots
and makes them green.
Why are you so content with a love that turns you yellow?

Rumi,
Ode 2865, Translated by Coleman Barks

Your anguish is seeking a way to attain to Me:
yesterday evening I heard your deep sighs.
And I am able, without any delay,
to give you access,
to show you a way of passage,
to deliver you from this whirlpool of time,
that you might set your foot upon the treasure of union with Me;
but the sweetness and delights of the resting place
are in proportion to the pain of the journey.
Only then will you enjoy your native town and your kinsfolk,
when you have suffered the anguish of exile.

~Rumi: Mathnawi III:4154-4158 ‘Daylight’
trans. Camille and Kabir Helminski

Reason said, "We live in a world of six directions, and that’s it."

Love replied, "There is a path beyond, and I have travelled it, many times."

(Rumi)

..what would you do if you only have one more year to live?

hmm… Anytime I just try to remember to bring those infinite care, love, peace and beauty to my heart and my every existence and to share them with everyone and everything around me, so whatever I do or wherever I go, would not matter. There would be no regret what so ever, and I would be tho most happiest person on this planet.

My ego just laugh and throw all the negativity, fear, anxiety, resentment, etc… right to my face when I thought about that answer to the question. But hell… that what ego supposed to be.. no? Should I listen to it..?? well… I love my ego…

Man.. it wont be easy.. I guess, that’s why it’s sooo fun…

The subject of Death comes to my mind. Not so long ago, I got the news that my cousin has passed away. She’s a young lovely mother on her early 20’s. Thinking about death usually bring this shiver and bad memory and thought of mine. My mother passed away about 15 years ago and the memory is still living strong in my mind. She’s been in very difficult condition for sometime and apparantely it just getting worst by the day, it became difficult to watch it all. When she passed away, it feels like unreal… all the emotion was too much for me, if I look back now, it seems that I wasn’t ready for such a huge emotional experience in my life.
Another episode about 3 years back bring me to witness when my aunt was dying. All her children was there accompanying her, she was there giving her last wish to each of her children, it was still difficult for me to watch. But there was a voice inside me that tell me not to look away. To rather observe the process and bring infinite care and love. That it is where life ends, and the ending helps us to interpret the beginning and everything in-between.

One friend said:
"Life, you see, will lie to us—it doesn’t want to lose us, and will tell us things last forever, that individual actions have little importance, and that tomorrow is as good a time for action as today.

Death knows better.  It whispers that if we love, we need to express that love today.  That if we have hopes, we need to formulate those hopes into plans, and act upon them today.  If we love to dance, or sing, we must dance and sing today…tomorrow is too late."

I should agree that the most important time that we have is ‘NOW’. The future is not yet come and the past is already gone.

Another friend ask this question:
"what would you do if you only have one more year to live… ?"