#longing

One loves ultimately one's desires, not the thing desired.

Love is the pursuit of whole, the longing to be restored to that original unity from which we fell.

The physician took my pulse and shook his head; he did not know that my sickness was the sweet longing for the Divine.

When the mind is silent, the unstruck sound (*Anahata*) fills the universe with heavenly harmony.

The rose blooms amidst sharp thorns yet shares its fragrance with friend and foe alike; be like the rose.

The ocean never runs dry because it receives all streams with open arms; expand your heart to hold all beings.

The cloud gives rain without asking whose field it waters; let your benevolence be unconditional.

For I have learned that every heart will get What it is praying for Most.

The true jewel of the heart is forged in the furnace of longing and polished by the waters of grace.

The god of love lives in a state of need.

Listen to the reed how it complains, telling a tale of separations.

If the foot of the trees were not tied to the earth, of what journeys they would be capable!

There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled. You feel it, don't you?