Poetry

Some of the most powerful lessons cannot be communicated in prose. Indeed, many of the great spiritual masters from centuries past have chosen poetry as their vehicle of communication. This category collects only a small portion of the wealth of poetic texts from across the world.

The Essential Rumi
Coleman Barks

‘You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.’

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God Makes the Rivers to Flow
Eknath Easwaran

‘God makes the rivers to flow. They tire not, nor Do they cease from flowing. May the river of my Life flow into the sea of love that is the Lord.’ -The Rig Veda-

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The Prophet
Kahlil Gibran

‘People of Orphalese, beauty is life when life unveils her holy face. But you are life and you are the veil. Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror. But you are eternity and you are the mirror.’

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Poetry

Some of the most powerful lessons cannot be communicated in prose. Indeed, many of the great spiritual masters from centuries past have chosen poetry as their vehicle of communication. This category collects only a small portion of the wealth of poetic texts from across the world.