The selections for today's poetry share come from a publication from 1948,
by C.W. Sanders titled, "The Inner Voice"
While it is more a guide for spiritual practice and ideas it contains a good
amount of poetry and portions of a variety of sacred texts.
So, here is what I've selected to share, may it lead you to an open and soaring heart.
A sound is vibrating in the whole of creation. When you
open your inner ear you will hear a continuous sound,
which will lead you across all limitations of mind and
matter. My Beloved is speaking to you all the time. Alas!
you do not hear his Voice.
-Shah Niaz
The Beloved resides within you,
O ignorant one,
And you are searching for him outside
From place to place.
-Bu Ali Qalandar
Whatever is in the universe
is also in the body;
Whatsoever one seeks in the body
one will find.
-Pipa
Be brave and swim across the ocean of love,
plunging straight
into its fierce waves,
its deadly whirlpools.
And don't be frightened
at the sight of the dense forests
or threatening inner wastelands
on your way to the country of love.
Only when you sacrifice your life
in your love for God
will you deserve the name 'faqir', O Bahu.
-Sultan Bahu
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