tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18969493.post5370125858379412440..comments2024-02-12T02:29:29.006-06:00Comments on pretty moonbeams: Persian Portalgoatmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02317617928368945316noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18969493.post-57645421374545030882007-05-07T06:51:00.000-05:002007-05-07T06:51:00.000-05:00WOW!!! Thanks Goatman. Thanks everybody else. I'm ...WOW!!! Thanks Goatman. Thanks everybody else. I'm hitting the bookstore as soon as I can. WoW!<BR/><BR/>The one Goatman posted, it makes so much sense! Have you read the convesations between Bill Mayers and Joseph Campbell on the power of myth? WOW! Its amazing how they all conform!! WOW!!<BR/><BR/>Btw...loved the rooster post!weathermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14944297021652266853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18969493.post-18712140057150018522007-04-13T21:14:00.000-05:002007-04-13T21:14:00.000-05:00Hello Goatman...thanks for the visit to the blog. ...Hello Goatman...thanks for the visit to the blog. Having come here I wonder why I was never here before. The first thing to catch my eye was a poem from Rumi-one of my favorite poets. I find this mystic's words really hit the core of one's soul.<BR/><BR/>Your blog is interesting, honest and straightforward. I shall be back to read much more.Janice Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02506920585319893814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18969493.post-35433355577714804052007-04-11T14:35:00.000-05:002007-04-11T14:35:00.000-05:00I have to say that, after reading this poem many t...I have to say that, after reading this poem many times as I wander, I wonder what some of it means? I would like to see another translation; that or I may have to learn the Persian language! Yeah, thats gonna happen!goatmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02317617928368945316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18969493.post-89558792420977813732007-04-11T10:19:00.000-05:002007-04-11T10:19:00.000-05:00I needed to stop by and catch-up, too! Thanks for...I needed to stop by and catch-up, too! Thanks for the visit. Artistically I have not been very creative lately but my spirituality has been flowing strongly. It seems I go through phases of one or the other; I'd love to see the two work together!<BR/><BR/>I love the poetry of Rumi, by the way!Sophiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12988429133719659700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18969493.post-26475794227090667702007-04-08T19:33:00.000-05:002007-04-08T19:33:00.000-05:00Stopping by to say hello and catch up... very inte...Stopping by to say hello and catch up... very interesting! :)<BR/><BR/>Hope you had a good weekend.Aunt Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03364110885032142748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18969493.post-59792592868164905772007-04-06T16:42:00.000-05:002007-04-06T16:42:00.000-05:00hey! who's the strange one here?I might be a mule...hey! who's the strange one here?<BR/><BR/>I might be a mule - cat...but you're a goat - man......so.so.so.....there!!! HA!<BR/><BR/>Happy bunny day to you.....<BR/><BR/>rdkitty-muleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18969493.post-16463693876497589392007-04-04T07:24:00.000-05:002007-04-04T07:24:00.000-05:00"I travel through this world like a bee in a jar....."I travel through this world like a bee in a jar...."<BR/><BR/>"I am the rays of the Sun<BR/>dancing through the windows of every house."<BR/><BR/>I love how each time I read this poem Goatman, new lines reach out to me and touch me.....how I wish that I had written them.....these images....I wish to be the Sun dancing....I wish my world be larger than a jar (even if it is filled with honey.....)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18969493.post-68294720337045908602007-03-31T17:38:00.000-05:002007-03-31T17:38:00.000-05:00Yeah Goatman!Great PoemGowing with trhe flowthe wo...Yeah Goatman!<BR/>Great Poem<BR/>Gowing with trhe flow<BR/>the words carry one along ...QUASAR9https://www.blogger.com/profile/00593390598251093182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18969493.post-75417046452051401972007-03-31T11:53:00.000-05:002007-03-31T11:53:00.000-05:00Gorgeous photo, mesmerizing words. I have stumbled...Gorgeous photo, mesmerizing words. <BR/>I have stumbled upon Rumi just recently (and I do mean stumbled). <BR/>Looking forward to doing more research and seeking out his soulful words.GEWELShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667187693235282985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18969493.post-1103007414588412007-03-30T18:38:00.000-05:002007-03-30T18:38:00.000-05:00This is beautiful. I'm amazed it was translated, i...This is beautiful. I'm amazed it was translated, it flows wonderfully!<BR/><BR/>thanks for posting it...I shall now seek him out!Marionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00607220451457829777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18969493.post-74099448828488226372007-03-29T18:00:00.000-05:002007-03-29T18:00:00.000-05:00A have a book called "The Way of the Sufi" (I thin...A have a book called "The Way of the Sufi" (I think) by Idris Shah; a good bit of it is devoted to Rumi and indeed you do hear him mentioned more and more. We in the West need to look to the East a little more, what with the world being small and all.bulletholeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681107556161747976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18969493.post-37957630149600551652007-03-27T18:14:00.000-05:002007-03-27T18:14:00.000-05:00No take this:I am reading this poem, and tears are...No take this:<BR/><BR/>I am reading this poem, and tears are welling up in my eyes, and I am telling myself "Who the hell is this doing this to me" and ... THERE, Rumi!<BR/><BR/>Isn't it amazing how his poems stand the brutal mutilation (imposed on any poem) by translation?<BR/><BR/>Now imagine, if you read this in Persian (which I am yet to figure out which one of his poems it is), with the mostNajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18969493.post-23604387340327390752007-03-27T10:42:00.000-05:002007-03-27T10:42:00.000-05:00goatman,rumi is one of my favorite mystics...his p...goatman,<BR/>rumi is one of my favorite mystics...his poems of the divine experriences are amazing..but yet, you can enjoy them on many different levels..<BR/><BR/>Jalaluddin rumi lived a long while ago...in the thirteenth century, a grea saint and it is a testament to the simple beauty and truth of his poems that he grows more popular each passing generation..and esp so now whne everyone is mystic rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05125795139102746210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18969493.post-82828893295081852042007-03-27T10:13:00.000-05:002007-03-27T10:13:00.000-05:00Goatman,WOW......WOW........WOW........WOWI, too, ...Goatman,<BR/><BR/>WOW......WOW........WOW........WOW<BR/><BR/>I, too, recently stumbled upon Rumi in a book actually - it had a quote on the first page.....I was enchanted by his words immediately....his quote is one of my all time favorites.......this poem is so full and rich of life: outer, inner, universal....what a lovely choice....Sensitive soul that you are, I think Rumi is a perfect fit Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18969493.post-10103791562357464572007-03-26T12:34:00.000-05:002007-03-26T12:34:00.000-05:00Once you find Rumi, you never find your way back. ...Once you find Rumi, you never find your way back. A good thing...<BR/><BR/>This is my favorite, Goatman (in case you haven't found it yet)<BR/><BR/>"The Guest House <BR/><BR/>This being human is a guest house. <BR/>Every morning a new arrival. <BR/><BR/>A joy, a depression, a meanness, <BR/>some momentary awareness comes <BR/>as an unexpected visitor. <BR/><BR/>Welcome and entertain them all! <BRLJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03238060965921536507noreply@blogger.com