~ Blessed marriage~
May these vows and this marriage be blessed.
May it be sweet milk, this marriage,
Like wine and halvah.
May this marriage offer fruit and shade
Like the date palm.
May this marriage be full of laughter,
Our every day a day in paradise.
May this marriage be a sign of compassion,
A seal of happiness here and hereafter.
May this marriage have
A fair face and a good name,
An omen as welcome
As the moon in a clear blue sky.
I am out of words to describe
How spirit mingles in this marriage ~
~ Vi møttes i drømmene våre da vi var små.
La oss fortsette å møtes i drømmene våre.
Det gjør tiden vi nå får sammen
dobbelt så lang ~
F. Fra hjerte til hjerte av prinsesse Märtha Louise og Ari Mikael Behn
~ When love beckons to you, follow him,
Though his ways are hard and steep.
And when his wings enfold you yield to him,
Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.
And when he speaks to you believe in him,
Though his voice may shatter your dreams
As the north wind lays waste the garden.
For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you.
Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning.
Even as he ascends to your height
And caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun,
So shall he descend to your roots
And shake them in their clinging to the earth.
Like sheaves of corn he gathers you unto himself.
He threshes you to make you naked.
He shifts you to free your from your husks.
He grinds you to whiteness.
He kneads you until you are pliant;
And then he assigns you to his sacred fire,
That you may become sacred bread for God's sacred feast.
All these things shall love do unto you that you may know the secrets of your heart,and in that knowledge become a fragment of Life's heart.
But if in your fear you would seek only love's peace and love's pleasure,
Then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness and pass out of love's threshing-floor,
Into the seasonless world where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears.
Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself.
Love possesses not nor would it be possessed;
For love is sufficient unto love.
When you love you should not say, 'God is in my heart,'but rather,'I am in the heart of God.'
And think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.
Love has no other desire but to fulfil itself.
But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires:
To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night.
To know the pain of too much tenderness.
To be wounded by your own understanding of love;
And to bleed willingly and joyfully.
To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving;
To rest at the noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy;
To return home at eventide with gratitude;
And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your Heart
and a song of praise upon your lips ~
~ Kahlil Gibran ~
~ For You Are The One ~
For you I would climb The highest mountain peak
Swim the deepest ocean Your love I do seek.
For you I would cross The rivers most wide
Walk the hottest desert sand To have you by my side.
For you are the one Who makes me whole
You've captured my heart And touched my soul.
For you are the one That stepped out of my dreams
Gave me new hope Showed me what love means.
For you alone Are my reason to live
For the compassion you show And the care that you give.
You came into my life And made me complete
Each time I see you My heart skips a beat.
For you define beauty In both body and mind
Your soft, gentle face More beauty I'll ne'er find.
For you are the one God sent from above
The angel I needed For whom I do love ~
~ Chris Messick ~
~ Before Yoko and I met, we were half a person.
You know there is an old myth about people being half
and the other half being in the sky,
or in heaven or on the other side of the universe or a mirror image.
But we are two halves, and together we`re a whole ~
~ John Lennon ~
~ Love is like Magic and it always will be,
For Love still remains Life`s Sweet Mystery,
Love works in ways that are wondrous and strange,
And there is Nothing in Life that Love cannot change,
Love can transform the most common place Into beauty and splendor and sweetness and grace,
Love is unselfish, understanding and kind,
For it sees with its Heart and not with its Mind,
Love gives and forgives, there is nothing too much,
For Love to heal with its Magic Touch,
Love is the language that every heart speaks,
For Love is the one thing that every heart seeks ~
~If you live to be a hundred,
I want to live to be a hundred minus one day
so I never have to live without you ~
~A.A. Milne ~
~ Love is patient,Love is kind,
It does not envy,it does not boast,
It is not proud, It is not rude,
It is not self-seeking, It is not easily angered,
It keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth.
Love always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Love never ends ~
~ And now these three remain:
Faith, Hope and Love.
But the Greatest of these
...is Love ~
~ You were born together, and together you shall be for evermore.
You shall be together when the white wings of death scatter your days.
Aye, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God.
But let there be spaces in your togetherness.
And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.
Love one another, but make not a bond of love:
Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
Fill each other`s cup but drink not from one cup.
Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf.
Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone.
Even as the strings of a lut are alone though they quiver with the same music.
Give your hearts, but not into each other`s keeping.
For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts.
And stand together yet not too near together;
For the pillars of the temple stand apart,
And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each others shadow ~
~ Kahlil Gibran ~
~ Love is a promise.
Love is a souvenir.
Once given never forgotten.
Never let it disappear ~
~ John Lennon ~
~ To Be One In Love ~
~It is said that when a relationship is sacred,
there is "me", there is "you",
and there is the third invisible element that holds us together.
Who is that "one" that is felt when we love one another deeply?
It is the divine, the sacred, the invisible friend
who comes and magnetizes our hearts.
And what is beyond the one?
That is the deepest mystery.
How do we cultivate this invisible presence?
When we remember that our relationship is sacred and
our every action and thought toward one another
honors this deep mystery, the "one" establishes itself immediately.
"You" and "I" are by the side of the Beloved ,
our greatest teacher and the deepest mystery.
Everything is subordinate to the master, to the Beloved,
even this "oneness" that brings us union and nourishes our relating.
Perhaps the Beloved invented us to play
a game of courtship with itself -
the better lovers we are, the stronger love becomes.
When love is strong there are no boundaries and separations,
just a Blessed Union.
That is the final teaching of the Beloved ~
~ A Lover's Call
by
Kahlil Gibran ~
~ Where are you, my beloved?
Are you in that little Paradise,
watering the flowers who look upon you
As infants look upon the breast of their mothers?
Or are you in your chamber where the shrine of Virtue
has been placed in your honor,
and upon Which you offer my heart and soul as sacrifice?
Or amongst the books, seeking human knowledge,
While you are replete with heavenly wisdom?
Oh companion of my soul, where are you?
Are you Praying in the temple?
Or calling Nature in the Field, haven of your dreams?
Are you in the huts of the poor,
consoling the Broken-hearted with the sweetness of your soul,
and Filling their hands with your bounty?
You are God's spirit everywhere;
You are stronger than the ages.
Do you have memory of the day we met,
when the halo of You spirit surrounded us,
and the Angels of Love Floated about,
singing the praise of the soul's deed?
Do you recollect our sitting in the shade of the Branches,
sheltering ourselves from Humanity,
as the ribs Protect the divine secret of the heart from injury?
Remember you the trails and forest we walked,
with hands Joined, and our heads leaning against each other,
as if We were hiding ourselves within ourselves?
Recall you the hour I bade you farewell,
And the Maritime kiss you placed on my lips?
That kiss taught me that joining of lips in Love
Reveals heavenly secrets which the tongue cannot utter!
That kiss was introduction to a great sigh,
Like the Almighty's breath that turned earth into man.
That sigh led my way into the spiritual world,
Announcing the glory of my soul;
and there It shall perpetuate until again we meet.
I remember when you kissed me and kissed me,
With tears coursing your cheeks, and you said,
"Earthly bodies must often separate for earthly purpose,
And must live apart impelled by worldly intent.
"But the spirit remains joined safely in the hands of Love,
until death arrives and takes joined souls to God.
"Go, my beloved; Love has chosen you her delegate;
Over her, for she is Beauty who offers to her follower
The cup of the sweetness of life.
As for my own empty arms,
your love shall remain my Comforting groom;
you memory, my Eternal wedding."
Where are you now, my other self?
Are you awake in The silence of the night?
Let the clean breeze convey
To you my heart's every beat and affection.
Are you fondling my face in your memory?
That image Is no longer my own,
for Sorrow has dropped his Shadow
on my happy countenance of the past.
Sobs have withered my eyes which reflected your beauty
And dried my lips which you sweetened with kisses.
Where are you, my beloved?
Do you hear my weeping From beyond the ocean?
Do you understand my need?
Do you know the greatness of my patience?
Is there any spirit in the air capable of conveying
To you the breath of this dying youth?
Is there any Secret communication between angels
that will carry to You my complaint?
Where are you, my beautiful star?
The obscurity of life Has cast me upon its bosom;
sorrow has conquered me.
Sail your smile into the air; it will reach and enliven me!
Breathe your fragrance into the air; it will sustain me!
Where are you, me beloved?
~Oh, how great is Love! And how little am I ~
~ I'll Keep a Part Of You With Me
And Everywhere I Am There You'll Be ~
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