Soul versus Ego

When you do things from your soul, you feel a river

moving in you, a joy.

When actions come from another section, the feeling

disappears.  Don’t let

others lead you.  They may be blind or, worse, vultures. 

Reach for the rope

of God.  And what is that?  Putting aside self-will.

                                                                                Rumi, The Soul of Rumi, Trans. Barks, p.79

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there is a spring

of water

welling up inside

life

waiting to be found

it gushes forth

exuberantly

unless we block it

with our worries

and our will

unless we allow others to

to fill us with their perceptions

and expectations

their judgements and definitions

impeding the flow

of Sacred soul

and leaving us withered

dry bones

Ah, let us go to the spring

and drink deeply

of that which never runs dry

joy