awake awake
another breath
has come

You should kindle fire by any means, either with clarified butter or sandalwood or even straw.
Once alight, the fire burns on; all worries, darkness and gloom gradually disappear.
The fire will burn to ash all obstacles.

Anandamayi Ma

[....]
yes....
you are
every moment slow
a condensation of teardrops
from Heaven
softening skin
and cooling the fire emerging
within

[...]

"My lips are always Burning and everywhere.
I am running from every corner
Of this world and sky wanting to kiss you. "

"I am rioting at your door;
I am spinning in midair like golden falling leaves
Trying to win your glance. "

"I am sweetly rolling against your walls and shores
All night, even though you are asleep. I am singing from
The mouths of animals and birds. . . to let
you know the Beautiful Truth"

-hafiz

In the fossil record of our existence, there is no trace of love. You cannot find it held in the earth's crust, waitiing to be discovered. The long bones of our ancestors show nothing of their hearts. Their last meal is sometimes preserved in peat or in ice, but their thoughts and feeling are gone.


Jeanette Winterson

Art by Henry Blackmore

"When the denial of God within you
is being challenged
it is a most propitious time of your life.
Do not deny the part of you that is in darkness
or it will manifest again."

-Emmanuel's Book