[Thespiritexpress] Rumi poem

[dennis jecmen]

> On Apr 3, 2024, at 3:52 PM, Jima Abbott via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org> wrote:
> 
> I was talking to a dear friend this afternoon about my experience with holding circle in Tuesday’s Spirit house group.  She reminded me of a Rumi poem that may be a favorite among many of us and one that I believe applies to yesterdays “lesson”.  And yes Victoria, I often also feel Toni could be reading a cookbook, how about the Joy of Cooking, and with our intentions we would create “magic”.  
> 
> Thanks Carlie,   Dennis
> The poem is called “A Great Wagon,” and the middle verse is 
> 
> “Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,
> there is a field. I’ll meet you there.
> When the soul lies down in that grass,
> the world is too full to talk about.
> Ideas, language, even the phrase “each other”
> doesn’t make any sense.
> The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you.
> Don’t go back to sleep.
> You must ask for what you really want.
> Don’t go back to sleep.
> People are going back and forth across the doorsill
> where the two worlds touch.
> The door is round and open.
> Don’t go back to sleep.”
> 
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