Come again, come, whoever you are

September 21st, 2007

Hi!I’m so excited that I have finally found this site so that I might share with you…and you with me. I am a teacher in the inner city of Buffalo N.Y. I love my job. The children that I teach come to school with all kinds of baggage. I don’t think I ever opened my heart to share any of my experiences with anyone. I have always been able to feel the pain and joy of the children. My heart would tell me when they were being abused… when they were in trouble. I have always just known things.This summer I had the opportunity of attending a CSPI conference with 10 of my inner city children and other children from around the world… At night time the leaders asked me if I wanted to attend the sufi dance. I said “sure” as I love to dance. I got the surprise of a life time. We started with the two circles, as I’m sure you know. Our hands touched each other as we looked into each other’s eyes and sang.. “May the blessings of God be upon you, may his peace be yours for ever more… may his love illuminate your heart now and forever more.”

At that moment I experienced my world opening up. I felt the love of God actually flowing from my heart to the heart of the other person… then their love back to me. At that moment I lost any fear of the present and future. I knew to my surprise, that God’s love was in everyone. It was so humbling… so beautiful. My breathing pattern completely changed. I couldn’t control the tears. Why had God loved us so much… every one of us?

After I found myself drained of every ounce of who I was. I knew that my mission was to love and be loved. I felt like Moses on the mountain who had just seen the face of God. My life has changed since that night. I am learning more about myself and trusting God in everything I do. I have so much more to share with you…I could go on and on and on.

The heart is the dwelling place of his spirit. The change in breathing is distinct. I was excited to learn that this was and is Sufi.. I just thought it was my personal reaction. It is so beatiful. When I came home to share what I had experienced with my family… I could hardly talk. I felt so honored, so privileged. Share with me your knowledge, your reaction. I had healing hands and heart before Sufi… now I am no longer afraid of what I know. You can actually heal the heart of a child by holding them when they are troubled..it takes away their pain.

Thanks for the ear…may the blessings of God be upon you… I am looking forward to hearing from you…

Your friend… Marsha

Dear Marsha,

I’m very moved by your message. I know that song you wrote about: “May the Blessing of God rest upon you. May God’s peace abide with you. May God’s presence illuminate your heart, now and forever more.”
I wrote the music and created the dance to those words from Hazrat Inayat Khan. It’s my best known song. I’m so glad you found it.

This is the path of the heart, continuing in the Sufi tradition of Jelaludin Rumi. As Rumi said, which is another song we love to sing, “Come, come, whoever you are. Even though you have broken your vow, perhaps ten thousand times, still come again. This caravan is not of despair. Come, come again. We follow the path of the friend.”

With love,
Puran

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