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Ingrid Oliphant
Apr 14, 20161 min read
Love is the astrolabe of God’s Mysteries
#Rumi #soulfulpoetry
Ingrid Oliphant
Mar 2, 20161 min read
Unbound
Define me, shrink me: you starve your self of Self. Keep me nailed in a box of unyielding words, That box becomes your coffin. I do not...
Ingrid Oliphant
Aug 24, 20151 min read
Thistle and Thyme
Passages of thistle and thyme lead us to where time or we forgot. In the breadth of a scent, a moment of breath. To remember, to be...
Ingrid Oliphant
Aug 15, 20151 min read
An Ocean without Shore
I marveled at an Ocean without shore, and at a Shore that did not have an ocean; And at a Morning Light without darkness, and at a Night...
Ingrid Oliphant
Aug 12, 20151 min read
Mathnawi, II 1680-1708
Here are the miracle signs you want: That you cry through the night and get up at dawn, asking, that in the absence of what you ask for...
Ingrid Oliphant
Jul 29, 20151 min read
The New Rule
Rumi, not Maher It’s the old rule that drunks have to argue and get into fights. The lover is just as bad: He falls into a hold. But down...
Ingrid Oliphant
Jul 29, 20151 min read
The New Rule
Rumi, not Maher It’s the old rule that drunks have to argue and get into fights. The lover is just as bad: He falls into a hold. But down...
Ingrid Oliphant
Jul 28, 20151 min read
In The Waves and Underneath
Inspired by ocean-walking dreams, of the surface of the waves and the surface of the bottom; watching dolphins and seals yesterday, I...
Ingrid Oliphant
Jun 15, 20152 min read
The Question
The Answer as God in Fire One dervish to another, What was your vision of God’s presence? I haven’t seen anything. But for the sake of...
Ingrid Oliphant
Jan 11, 20151 min read
Sharing a Twitter Love Lesson
A couple of days I ago, I popped back onto Twitter and saw this nifty nugget: This world seems to be designed to give you all the reasons...
Ingrid Oliphant
Jun 29, 20143 min read
Who Says Words with My Mouth?
Who Says Words With My Mouth? All day I think about it, then at night I say it. Where did I come from, and what am I supposed to be...
Ingrid Oliphant
Jun 24, 20141 min read
Rumi’s The Self We Share
The Self We Share Thirst is angry with water. Hunger bitter with bread. The cave wants nothing to do with the sun. This is dumb, the...
Ingrid Oliphant
Jan 16, 20144 min read
The Drumming of a Heart
This began calling me 16 months ago: Beginning the weekend of October 2012 and through a period of nearly two and a half months, I...
Ingrid Oliphant
Sep 30, 20131 min read
One Human Gesture
This is a Rumi poem about Soul Artists–those that guide the motion of energy that is given. According to Coleman Barks, Hakim Sanai was...
Ingrid Oliphant
Sep 11, 20135 min read
More on my Own Transformation
Since my own significant personal transition began just about three years ago, I’ve experienced the world in a magnificent manner than...
Ingrid Oliphant
Sep 8, 20132 min read
The Way That Moves as You Move
Some commentary on the verse, As you start on the way, the way appears. When you cease to be, real being comes. Zuleikha shut every door,...
Ingrid Oliphant
Sep 19, 20121 min read
Only Breath
This is a prelude to a new post coming tomorrow about the recognition of my loss of identity and others’ need for ‘the story’. Not ...
Ingrid Oliphant
Mar 18, 20123 min read
Life is Beautiful in the Springtime Giddiness!
It’s been a while since I’ve sent out some Sunday lovin’. I thought I’d sit with a little sunshine and watch the Spring Giddiness unfold...
Ingrid Oliphant
Sep 8, 20114 min read
Moses and the Shepherd
What follows is a little something to consider on this rainy day. It’s a little long but I’ve kept the translation intact (I often slice...
Ingrid Oliphant
Aug 14, 20113 min read
What if it really is “In Between the Stories”?
Inspired by Rumi, blog posts about hate, love and god; and 24 hours steeped in connection with all that is. In Between Stories ~ Rumi Did...
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