Is eternity too long to live
After we leave this world?
Will we get bored?
What are we going to do with all that time?
Eternity is very long
Will we have things to do, places to go, things to see?
They say we will be spirits
But what does that mean?
Why all this secrecy about life after we die?
There must be a wisdom in it
That we’ll only then find out
October 30th, 2019
Inspired by Emily Dickinson’s
‘Because I could not stop for death’
Hold me tight
Protect me from all that’s around
Be my shield in the time of trials
Enhance my beauty
Strengthen me
So I can withstand the winds of time
Together we’ll be more fortified
Together we’ll represent unity
And solidarity
Till the end of time
November 24th, 2017
“In the path of the Blessed Beauty, I have experienced but little adversity… I pray that I will be given the opportunity to attain the gift of calamity in His path!”
Dr. A. M. Davudi
“The gift of calamity”
What does this phrase imply?
What does it mean?
Perhaps the lover of Truth is so intoxicated
With the wine of the love of God
That calamity in His the path
Is seen as a gift!
To see calamity as a gift
Requires deep faith
And the letting go of self and ego!
When one is released from the prison of self
Imprisonment will seem like freedom
Freedom from the desires of the insistent self
When one is released from the prison of self
Fear leaves and contentment pitches its tent
When one is released from the prison of self
Anger and injustice can be met with kindness and generosity
When on is released from the prison of self
There is nothing one can’t achieve
The Beloved is the focus
His will reigns supreme
One’s comfort and ease
One’s wishes and dreams
Take second place to His wishes
He who wants nothing but
The illumination of that soul
The development of his capacities
The polishing of the mirror of his heart
And the appearance of the gems of virtues
When one is released from the prison of self
One dies to the world
One becomes dust in the pathway of the Beloved
One only wants to serve and love others
Now and all through eternity
Lida Berghuis
October 1st, 2013
Good byes are only for those who love with their eyes
Those who love with heart and soul, never say good bye*
Heart and soul can bridge the distance
A mile, a hundred miles, a thousand miles
Heart and soul communicate
Without words, see without eyes
Heart and soul keep memories alive for a long time
Heart and soul traverse the distance in the blink of an eye
In this nether world, we also love with our eyes
But these eyes for eternity will not be around
Heart and soul, however, won’t abandon us
Lida Berghuis
November 14th, 2012
*Rumi
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