Wednesday, September 20

there is a field...


Canadian weeds, Ontario, canon digital rebel xt

"Out beyond ideas of
right doing and wrong doing,
there is a field.
I'll meet you there."

~ Rumi

I'll meet you there. No judgment. No rules. No black or white. Just a place where minds are opened wide and the ability to understand and accept people and ideas outside of our box is natural and welcomed. A place where we all take time to tap into our intellect and think before we react, love before we hate and accept before we judge.

There is a field. I'll meet you there...
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20 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 20, 2006 at 8:15:00 PM PDT

    It is about time some people showed up. This field is great, I have been waiitng for some like minds to join me. I love that Rumi poem. Welcome! One and all.

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 20, 2006 at 8:46:00 PM PDT

    This is one of my all time defining quotes. When I first heard it years ago, it spoke to the deepest part of my soul. It matched the longing I feel I was just born with, and its the calling of my heart. That Field is part of my mythology... calling to me, to all who would come. I love that you posted this. And I love the many of us who come and gather here in this bloggie world we have created. Its just another corner of that field...

    Sending you much love sweetie,
    e

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  3. DeirdreSeptember 20, 2006 at 9:40:00 PM PDT

    I love this poem. It's so gentle and wise.

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 20, 2006 at 10:19:00 PM PDT

    here is the truly strange thing, I posted my poem and then came over here to see what you had put up. The poem on the page opposite of the one I chose was the one, and I almost put it instead. spooky, but still beautiful.

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 20, 2006 at 10:36:00 PM PDT

    Such a sweet field to be in.
    Are we not already there?
    Is that not the field we live in?

    ~ What a lovely post! ~
    Here is a little something, I think you will like also *I do*...
    Along the same line…
    Likeminded Souls
    Bx

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  6. DarleneSeptember 21, 2006 at 1:20:00 AM PDT

    Yes, I'll be there too

    We can each tell our stories and love in the telling

    Can we eat? :)

    xxxd

    thank you little sis

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  7. AnonymousSeptember 21, 2006 at 2:08:00 AM PDT

    this is simply lovely. thanks. i needed this. :)

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  8. Susannah ConwaySeptember 21, 2006 at 6:11:00 AM PDT

    i'll meet you there sweetie - with a bra on my head :-).. and such a beautiful photograph x

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  9. nina beanaSeptember 21, 2006 at 7:22:00 AM PDT

    my fav is your sister's comment (hi!) where she writes "can we eat?". my thoughts exactly :)!

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  10. DaibhSeptember 21, 2006 at 7:41:00 AM PDT

    I'll bring a blanket and a thermos full of hot soup.

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  11. Laini TaylorSeptember 21, 2006 at 8:50:00 AM PDT

    Ah, what an idea! If onl there was such a place. But I'm afraid that maybe that field has been paved over and a Wallmart built in it!

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  12. bronxbtSeptember 21, 2006 at 9:54:00 AM PDT

    sooo, why is it whtn i'm "outstanding in my field,"

    i'm alone.
    with the crickets.

    sh*t i hate crickets.


    ~ mr puddins, signing in for bronxbt who's under the desk

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  13. GeorgiaSeptember 21, 2006 at 11:15:00 AM PDT

    That was exactly what I needed to read today. It made me cry just reading it.

    Thank you for your perfect self, and your inspiring words, and beautiful pictures!!!

    I amy have to steal that quote for something i am working on... THANK YOU!

    xoxox
    ~Georgia

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  14. claireyloveSeptember 21, 2006 at 12:02:00 PM PDT

    i'll meet you all there with a bottle of champagne and the biggest punnet of English strawberries. It's always summer there, right? ;-)

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  15. AnonymousSeptember 21, 2006 at 4:58:00 PM PDT

    Sweet! Love the poem. I will meet you there anytime!


    xxxooo

    Teresa

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  16. ColorsonmymindSeptember 22, 2006 at 4:38:00 AM PDT

    I have to giggle-that often ZI come and read a post and then come back to read it again and then leave a comment-then sometimes I forget to come back right away:)

    This poem is beautiful and it was really nice to meet you there over the phone yesterday my sweet.
    XOXOXO

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  17. ClaudiaSeptember 24, 2006 at 11:13:00 PM PDT

    Thankyou!

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  18. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2006 at 5:21:00 AM PDT

    boho, i can hear your sweet soothing voice as i read these words. they sound so much a part of your essance...thank you for sharing your light and wisdom.

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  19. daringtowriteOctober 9, 2006 at 2:59:00 AM PDT

    If I've been to your blog before, it must have been too long ago. Clicked a link at Michelle's and am delighted with all I'm finding here. So glad you survived that karate accident.

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  20. AnonymousDecember 1, 2008 at 1:27:00 PM PST

    There is so little to say in response to such a far reaching poem, except to delight in the notion that so many people resonate to it's meaning. As Rumi would most likely say, it is not a good poem or a bad one, it is just a poem that offers to open a door into the realm of unconditional acceptance of all that life offers us. That field is always instantly available to us all. It is a human tendency to go there with someone, but the power of Rumi's message is that we can go there alone. Love is not dependent upon a recipient.

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