In Rumi's Garden

[bobby1933]

#108

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[vaporw]

I was wondering when you would get to the chapter and verse (pardon the pun) of Al Anon, Chapter 4.

[bobby1933]

I am not sure what you mean by Al Anon Chapter 4?

[vaporw]

I thought you said your AlAnon friend had you read their book, and you were struggling with Chapter 4 of that book.

[bobby1933]

Ah, yes. Chapter 4 in the "Big Book" ("We Agnostics") Well, Bill W. was an American Upper Middle Class Evangelical Protestant. Few people understood in 1939 how much we are influenced by nationality, class, and socialization. He was actually pretty broad minded and open minded for his place and time. But "The Little Duck" answered all my questions. :)

[jayyy]

REMEMBERED MUSIC

'Tis said, the pipe and lute that charm our ears
Derive their melody from rolling spheres;
But Faith, o'erpassing speculation's bound,
Can see what sweetens every jangled sound.

We, who are parts of Adam, heard with him
The song of angels and of seraphim.
Out memory, though dull and sad, retains
Some echo still of those unearthly strains.

Oh, music is the meat of all who love,
Music uplifts the soul to realms above.
The ashes glow, the latent fires increase:
We listen and are fed with joy and peace.

[bobby1933]

Yes! I am sorry to say that my ear for the nuances of music is practically deaf. I love poetry, but adding music to it just confuses me and isolates me from the rest of the congregation.

But i do believe that music, next to silence, is the closest thing we have to the "language" of the universe..

[jayyy]

Aye, twas a poem by Rumi, one of the best Lovers of God twist'saed of the universe of man.

Rumi breaks me heart, and makes me spirit weep, for I know he sees forth true from Adam unto me and you.

A great force indeed

[jayyy]

Aye. I have considered leaving you, in order to save you from the charms of the distortionations, but instead I have decided to remain.

You have pleased me now. You and I are human being, and we are deaf, and lucky, for yet still there is song.