The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you.
Don’t go back to sleep.
You must ask for what you really want.
Don’t go back to sleep.
People are going back and forth across the doorsill
where the two worlds touch.
The door is round and open.
Don’t go back to sleep.
From Essential Rumi
by Coleman Barks
‘The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you…’
That’s what was in my head when I woke this morning because, of course, the only thing I wanted to do was go back to sleep.
‘So tired’, I kept thinking.
So tired.
Doesn’t that really just sum it up?
We’re all so very tired, and it’s so hard to stay awake in this society (this world?) that rewards unconsciousness with trash tv, meaningless talk, and ‘food’ that’s not fit to consume.
We’re far too tired to take notice of the morning breeze, let alone its secrets.
After all, there’s news to be watched (or a newspaper to be read).
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But…
What would happen if, just for one day, you didn’t go back to sleep?
What would happen if you listened for the secrets of the breeze at dawn?
What would happen if you stayed awake, and… took notice?
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What would happen?
omg, this is one of my most favorite Rumi poems!!! (of course… )
All I’m gonna say to this one is that tomorrow morning, I’m going to awake and listen for the secrets at dawn. Because… ugh … I AM up at dawn.
Thank you for reminding me of this poem and bringing it to life.
xo
Of course it is… and mine too
So glad you got up and listened…. I just love this whole thing (the listening to the breeze, the connecting with each other, just all of it!).
Thanks for being here <3
Hmm — I’m often up at dawn, too (or before) but your thoughts made me realize that I’m not listening for anything. I’m up at dawn to impose my will on my day — to get a head start, to get things done. I think your way might be better. Thanks for the prompt to try it differently tomorrow.
Yep, definitely a different energy between listening and receiving & imposing our own will huh?
Not necessarily ‘my’ way as such… just something that came to me, and that I want to try!!
I am so ready to listen more closely to life… to see what secrets it has to share with me, and everyone else… how ’bout you?
Wondering now whether you did try it out??
Thanks for your comment
Wow. This is truly exquisite Angel.
“What would happen if you listened for the secrets of the breeze at dawn?
What would happen if you stayed awake, and… took notice?”
Magic would happen, worlds would unravel. And they are.. Thank you for staying awake, with a heart full of love, flowing, weaving, dancing.
Here I am, savoring the beauty of your gift, this moment, awake, with you.
Oh Marjory…. the more I read of *your* work, the more I feel connected to you in some of the things we value and appreciate…
Magic WOULD happen…. worlds WOULD unravel… and yes, they are…
Ahhh, just your comment opens my heart and floods me with love… thanks so much for being you, and for sharing it with us all!
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I love dawn. One of my favorite things to do is to go outside while the stars are still in the sky, with a hot cup of coffee in my hands, and sit on my swing in the backyard. I do not get to do it every day-but the days when I do it are ALWAYS full of goodness and magic. And you are so right Angel, it leads it leads to wakefulness, not just being awake!
Bri that sounds FABULOUS!
I can just picture it, and though the picture in my head is probably at least slightly romanticized (seeing you lit in soft moonlight, surrounded by dragonflies & silence & magic) it’s such a wonderful feeling… <3
Wakefulness & not just being awake… yes. Love that.
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LOVE THIS. Love Rumi. Yes, I’ve gone through my phases of tired. Actually, I feel more weary. Just so weary. And it’s not my body that’s weary. It’s my Soul, which seeks to expand and rise above all that is slumbering in our world.
I don’t always listen to the whispers in the morning, but it sure makes a great way to begin the day.
Yes, Marita… weary. That’s exactly the feeling.
Soul-weary… I wrote about that elsewhere… we’re on the same page
It does make for a great way to begin the day whenever we’re able to make that choice.. yes…
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This is a beautiful, meditative post, Angel. I’m not much of an early riser myself – I can’t remember the last time I woke up at dawn! And yet…getting up at dawn or no, I still love the quiet mornings before everyone everywhere has got up. It’s good for listening to myself and checking in before I start my day. I’m currently trying to get back in the habit of rising earlier rather than later, actually, for that very reason.
Here’s to quiet mornings!
Thanks, Michelle
Yes… I love that quiet too… So interesting that you woke early the next day after reading & responding to this…. Did the breeze have secrets for you??
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Beautiful post. I love that spiritual wondering, what if… It’s so easy to be swamped by that sense of oh so tired; but maybe that’s the message to stop, to force us to rest and in resting find the stillness and silence to listen. Thank you for a beautiful post.
What if….
Yeah, way too easy to be sucked down by that sense of soul-weariness that Marita mentioned above…
So often all it takes to feel rested-up from that though is this stopping and resting that you mention… the deep-rest variety, that is…
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