The poem
There is a street where they sell only red meat And there is a street where they sell only clothes and perfumes. And there is a day when I see only cripples and the blind And those covered with leprosy, and spastics and those with twisted lips.
Here they build a house and there they destroy Here they dig into the earth And there they dig into the sky, Here they sit and there they walk Here they hate and there they love.
But he who loves Jerusalem By the tourist book or the prayer book is like one who loves a women By a manual of sex positions.
Nice analogy. The Kama Sutra being "the Bible of sex." Although having textbook knowledge leads to awkward beginnings, ultimately you want someone who's read the book on it. Otherwise, you are fumbling towards ecstasy. Yogi Bhajan writes that "love is ecstasy." Thank God for ecstatic poets like Rumi, who write of friendship, lovers, and the soul's bliss. Rumi :) He is beloved. Of course, some espouse the theory that…
Read the whole commentNice analogy. The Kama Sutra being "the Bible of sex." Although having textbook knowledge leads to awkward beginnings, ultimately you want someone who's read the book on it. Otherwise, you are fumbling towards ecstasy. Yogi Bhajan writes that "love is ecstasy." Thank God for ecstatic poets like Rumi, who write of friendship, lovers, and the soul's bliss. Rumi :) He is beloved. Of course, some espouse the theory that love is blind. This has been scientifically proven to be true, as in "feelings of love lead to a suppression of activity in the areas of the brain controlling critical thought (BBC News 14 June 2004). Most Christians believe that God is love. And that love is patient and kind (Corinthians 13:13). What is the Jewish conception of love? I read somewhere that it comes as a result of constant giving to another person. What is the connection between compassion and love? Love, me