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When no one is looking, I swallow deserts and clouds and chew on mountains knowing they are sweet bones! When no one is looking and I want to kiss God, I just lift my own hand to my mouth.

Hafez

What is the root of all these words? One thing: Love. But a love so deep and sweet it needed to express itself with scents, sounds, colors that never before existed.
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Deep Existence Expression Love Need Root Sound Word
Tis writ on Paradise’s gate, Woe to the dupe that yields to fate!
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Destiny Fate
What is this precious love and laughter budding in our hearts? It is the glorious sound of a soul waking up!
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Glory Heart Laughter Love Perspective Soul Sound Wake Up
Only heart to heart can speak the bliss of mystic knowers.
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Heart Mystery Spiritual Talk
Your separation from God is the hardest work you will ever do.
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End God Hard Separation Soul Yourself
I rarely let the word NO escape from my mouth, because it is so plain to my soul that God has shouted, Yes! Yes! Yes! To every luminous movement in existence.
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Escape Existence Moments Myself Soul Talk Word
You ache with loneliness one night so much you weep and I say ‘here is a rope tie it around me Hafiz will be your companion for life’.
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Company Heart Life Lonely Night Pain
Dear Ones, Beware of the tiny gods frightened men Create To bring anesthetic relief to their sad days.
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Creation God Men relief Sadness Wisdom
The world is a bride of surpassing beauty-but remember that this maiden is never bound to anyone.
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Beautiful Limitation Remember World
Plant a Seed so your Heart will Grow.
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Growth Heart One Liner Plant Seed Yourself
We have not come here to take prisoners But to surrender ever more deeply To freedom and joy.
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Choice Freedom Joy Prison Spiritual Surrender
The great religions are the ships, Poets the life boats. Every sane person I know has jumped overboard.
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Greatness Life Poet Religious Spiritual Wisdom
When you can make others laugh with jokes that belittle no one and your words always unite, Hafiz will vote for you to be God.
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God Joke Laughter Unity Vote Word Yourself
Not loving is a letting go. Listen, The terrain around here Is Far too Dangerous For That.
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Dangerous Let Go Listening Love Place
In time of trouble avert not thy face from hope, for the soft marrow abideth in the hard bone.
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Bones Face Hope Time Trouble
There are different wells within your heart. Some fill with each good rain, Others are far too deep for that.
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Different Goodness Heart Loss Rain
Let tenderness pour from your eyes, the way sun gazes warmly on earth.
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Earth Eyes See Sun Warm Yourself
The lips of the one I love are my perpetual pleasure.
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Happiness Lips Oneself
Grieve not because thou understand-not life’s mystery; behind the veil is concealed many a delight.
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Darkness Grief Happiness Mystery Philosophy Understand
There is an ambush everywhere from the army of accidents; therefore the rider of life runs with loosened reins.
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Accident Army Life Loose Run
I caught the happy virus last night When I was out singing beneath the stars. It is remarkably contagious – So kiss me.
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Happiness Kiss Myself Night Sing Stars
For I have learned that every heart will get What it prays for Most.
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Gratitude Heart Learning Prayer
Oh, you who are trying to learn the marvel of Love through the copy book of reason, I’m very much afraid that you will never really see the point.
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Afraid Book Learning Love Reason Try Yourself
Now is the time to understand That all your ideas of right and wrong Were just a child’s training wheels to be laid aside When you finally live With veracity And love.
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Children Compassion Honesty Ideas Live Love Right Training Understand
Learn to recognize the counterfeit coins that may buy you just a moment of pleasure, But then drag you for days like a broken man behind a farting camel.
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Animal Break Learning Men Moments Recognition Yourself
When no one is looking, I swallow deserts and clouds and chew on mountains knowing they are sweet bones! When no one is looking and I want to kiss God, I just lift my own hand to my mouth.
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Alone Eat God Hands Kiss Love Nature See
Think of suffering as being washed.
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Let Go One Liner Suffering Thinking

When no one is looking, I swallow deserts and clouds and chew on mountains knowing they are sweet bones! When no one is looking and I want to kiss God, I just lift my own hand to my mouth.

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When no one is looking, I swallow deserts and clouds and chew on mountains knowing they are sweet bones! When no one is looking and I want to kiss God, I just lift my own hand to my mouth.

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