The Gift by Hafiz

The sun
Won a beauty contest and became a jewel
Set upon God’s right hand.

The earth agreed to be a toe ring on the
Beloved’s foot
And has never regretted its decision.

The mountains got tired
Of sitting amongst a sleeping audience

And are now stretching their arms
Toward the Roof.

The clouds gave my soul an idea
So I pawned my gills
And rose like a winged diamond

Ever trying to be near
More love, more love
Like you.

The Mountain got tired of sitting
Amongst a snoring crowd inside of me
And rose like a rip sun
Into my eye.

My soul gave my heart a brilliant idea
So Hafiz is rising like a
Winged diamond.

[translation by Daniel Ladinsky]



Eternity

Buddhism:

“Our theories of the eternal are as valuable as are those that a chick, which has not broken its way through its shell, might form of the outside world.”

the Buddha, Gautama Siddhartha

Christianity:

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies, and whoever lives and believes in me will never die.”

John 11:25, 26

Hinduism:

“At the end of the world, all things sleep: He alone is awake in Eternity. Then from his infinite space new worlds arise and awake, a universe which is a vastness of thought. In the consciousness of Brahman the universe is, and unto him it returns.”

Maitri Upanishad

Islam:

“Conduct yourself in this world, as if you are here to stay forever; prepare for eternity as if you have to die tomorrow.”

Bukhari

New Age:

“He who binds to himself a joy, Does the winged life destroy;

But he who kisses the joy as it flies, Lives in Eternity’s sunrise.”

William Blake

Taoism:

“The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal name.”

Lao Tzu



New Year Message

May the New Year grant you mental peace and may your life's ideal of self-realisation be fulfilled. May all comforts and contentment be added unto you. This is My blessing.



- Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba