Rumi’s poetry shines through the centuries with continuing wisdom. When we take time and while over the things emerging and appearing in the quietness of each moment, we gain so much more. Nature offers so much for us to consider. It is a place of warming, of continuous change, dancing, and mystery. It is not a mystery to solve but a mystery to live.
One Human Gesture
You have a source inside you, a cool spring that sometimes stops flowing, frozen
or clogged with silt. A voice says, ” Consider the situation more deeply, my friend.”
Such advice is not idle. It is immediate companionship with a soul artist like David,
who works iron until it melts and he can shape it. Spirit is the art of making what’s
blocked start moving again. When your body dies, give it to the death angel,
Israfil. If your heart feels numb and metallic, walk out into the sun, or whatever
the mystery is that makes your inner spring well up. There was once a sage who felt
this flow moving inside him. As he walked the garden that
was being restored with
spring water, he gave names to aspects of the vital dance he was doing: the animal’s
hungry agility and the connoisseur’s intelligent choice.
Blessings…
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ivonprefontaine
Teacher as Transformer 
The theme of quietness, the mind below the cognitive engine, the ego seems to be part of the basis for Zen Buddhism, awakening, happiness.
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It extends at least 2500 years ago.
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The other partner to quietness is the speed of the mind. A mind racing has lost awareness,
The quiet slow breath, activates the parasympathetic nervous system, dissipating cortisol and making that quiet special.
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When fear or anxiety visit us the mind goes fast, avoids.
Busyness begins in the mind and is our perception of the world.
Some of your posts get me thinking,
If we are angry, afraid, anxious, impatient, the mind is racing and it is not quiet.
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It is chaotic and over shadows even nature if left untrained
It is the proverbial “monkey mind.”
To live life is the purpose and joy of life. To solve the question of life is a desire of man. To be created gives purpose to life. To have evolved is just being here in our time with little meaning except our moment in time as time is our destiny. With a Creator we are loved forever, where purpose is derived and life takes on value as we embrace all we have! Oh how beautiful this Universe, the animals, the plants and yes man. To embrace what is around us and not man’s focused desires is to live with true love of life.
Another great post Ivon! Thanks.
Thank you for another excellent comment Bill.