Comments on: Come, come, whoever you are http://www.open-secrets.com/poetry/come-come-whoever-you-are/ Exploring the Obvious Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:40:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sharon Beck http://www.open-secrets.com/poetry/come-come-whoever-you-are/comment-page-1/#comment-605 Sharon Beck Sun, 27 Jun 2010 13:09:00 +0000 http://www.open-secrets.com/?p=1235#comment-605 Actually yes, I believe there are lovers of the Divine (such as myself) who have never heard those names. People who have looked inward and found a guide and simply followed that guide into peace. It's not a road that my ego ever wanted me to take and it still presents "forks" in the road, and probably always will. I will say that I was introduced to the word "Sufi" about 24 years ago when I went to work in an office that had two women who were of that Faith. I had never even heard of the word. They were two of the most beautiful people in their being. Also interesting to me was when one of their homes (the Sufi's they would represent as home sellers) would come on the market and we would tour it, they all had the same feel to them...soft pastel colors and beautifully sparse spaces. I remember being drawn to them and asking if I could come to one of their services. They said with an apologizing tone that there was hardly enough room for all of them and they really didn't encourage anyone to bring visitors. Now that really impressed me. A religion that doesn't try to drag you into it whether you want to hear about it or not. And I remember Meher Baba. I remember seeing his face and an expression "Don't worry...Be Happy!" Always good advice. Sharon Actually yes, I believe there are lovers of the Divine (such as myself) who have never heard those names. People who have looked inward and found a guide and simply followed that guide into peace. It’s not a road that my ego ever wanted me to take and it still presents “forks” in the road, and probably always will.

I will say that I was introduced to the word “Sufi” about 24 years ago when I went to work in an office that had two women who were of that Faith. I had never even heard of the word. They were two of the most beautiful people in their being.

Also interesting to me was when one of their homes (the Sufi’s they would represent as home sellers) would come on the market and we would tour it, they all had the same feel to them…soft pastel colors and beautifully sparse spaces.

I remember being drawn to them and asking if I could come to one of their services. They said with an apologizing tone that there was hardly enough room for all of them and they really didn’t encourage anyone to bring visitors.

Now that really impressed me. A religion that doesn’t try to drag you into it whether you want to hear about it or not. And I remember Meher Baba. I remember seeing his face and an expression “Don’t worry…Be Happy!” Always good advice.

Sharon

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