What is love?

Baby don't hurt me. Don't hurt me, no more.

 

ver good dan!! very good!!

 

All through eternity

Beauty unveils His exquisite form

in the solitude of nothingness;

He holds a mirror to His Face

and beholds His own beauty.

he is the knower and the known,

the seer and the seen;

No eye but His own

has ever looked upon this Universe.



His every quality finds an expression:

Eternity becomes the verdant field of Time and Space;

Love, the life-giving garden of this world.

Every branch and leaf and fruit

Reveals an aspect of His perfection-

They cypress give hint of His majesty,

The rose gives tidings of His beauty.



Whenever Beauty looks,

Love is also there;

Whenever beauty shows a rosy cheek

Love lights Her fire from that flame.

When beauty dwells in the dark folds of night

Love comes and finds a heart

entangled in tresses.

Beauty and Love are as body and soul.

Beauty is the mine, Love is the diamond.



They have together

since the beginning of time-

Side by side, step by step.

 

A mystic once said:

"Love is Action, Action is Knowledge, Knowledge is Truth, Truth is Love"

... any thoughts on this? ... I don't [Italics]quiet[/Italics] get it.

 

Life is a tree, love are the blossoms and the fruit that grow as it ages

 

the mystic must haven beenpretty trashed

 

Love is only an ancient instinct for reproduction.

 

Monique

I guess so, see how he goes on about drinking?

"Happy-checked saqi of mine, give the cup like pomegranate blossom; if for my sake you will not give for the sake of the heart of the Beloved.

Saqi [cup-bearer], you are the darling, you are the sick man's cure; quick give the draft of gladness and healing to the sick.

Pour wine out in this bowl, smite the nick of anxiety; now, do not break my heart, my heart and sweetheart, and give.

Open that tavern, abandon this rowdiness; give to the thirst-stricken lover from the vintner's vat.

You are the soul of spring and garden, the glory of cypress and jasmine; now make no excuses, roguish idol, but give!

When you set foot on trickery and start away from the drunkard's hands our enemy will rejoice; despite strangers, give!

Give not grief and sighing, open the way only to joy; a sigh proceeds from the wayless; open the way; give audience.

We are all intoxicated of the encounter, athirst for the bumper of immortality; as pawns, give robe and turban before the saqi.

I am athirst of old, hot of heart and breast; break the beaker and cup, give much without measure.

You are both moon and moonshine, I am the fish of this water; the moon cannot reach the fish, so give generously of the moonshine."

Monique, you should know this: Who said "It is a fool who drinks to stay within limits"?

I'll stop what is almost amounting to spamming this thread

 

quddusaliquddus, care to give us the references for the two mystics you quoted?

 

Here's a hint: whenever someone says "love is ONLY so and so," you can safely disregard it. Especially if it involves chemicals or evolution.

 

Hah, I know dekho: Devdas..

 

Love is a form of temporary insanity that screws up your priorities - for a very long time if you're lucky.

Njorl

 

I was just quoting Marillion song lyrics from the song "This is the 21st Century"

 

As fish is to water so the wisdom is to love.