Books : The Soul in Love: Classic Poems of Ecstasy and Exaltation
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by: Deepak Chopra
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 891
EAN: 9780609606483
ISBN: 0609606484
Label: Harmony
Manufacturer: Harmony
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 128
Publication Date: March 27, 2001
Publisher: Harmony
Release Date: April 10, 2001
Sales Rank: 205918
Studio: Harmony
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Product Description:
No love is more consuming and passionate than that one has for God. And nothing is more beautiful than that love when it is expressed as poetry.
In The Soul in Love, Deepak Chopra presents us with five great writers whose lives span seven centuries: Rumi, the sublime Persian poet who sang out his verses in ecstatic longing for God. Mirabai, an Indian princess who walked away from her life of privilege to be closer to her Dark Lord. Kabir, born to a lowly family of weavers in India, only to rise to the heights of wisdom and song. Hafiz, an Islamic master who reveled in the joys of the flesh as a way to the soul. And Tagore, the celebrated modern Indian writer who first made the West aware of the richness of Eastern devotional poetry.
Returning to the theme that inspired The Love Poems of Rumi and On the Shores of Eternity, Deepak Chopra gives us a rapturous experience of human passion, inspired by the soul’s yearning for the sacred source
of love.
'Immortal love doesn’t need poetry. However, it is our good fortune that some of the God-intoxicated have written words that permit access into their ecstatic world. Particularly in the East, in that exotically woven
belt of lands that stretches from Arabia to the Indian subcontinent, poets and saints are never far apart.
In this collection I have gathered a few of the most revered, beginning in the medieval period and extending to this century. The name of Rumi has gathered much luster recently, but the others — Kabir, Hafiz, Tagore, and Mirabai — deserve just as much recognition. In their own cultures they stand as beacons of inspiration, largely because the common people have taken them into their hearts and continue joyfully to sing their words to this very day.'
— From the Introduction
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Rating: - this Book Feeds my Soul
This book is timeless - as wonderful today as it was in the 12th century
Rating: - Nice read
A nice brief intro for me into other poets apart from Rumi. I enjoy this book but there is only one Rumi:)
Rating: - Love's Spiritual Ecstasy
"There is a rare experience that can bring more delight than falling in love - falling in love with God. Both are mysteries of the soul." ~Deepak Chopra
Deepak Chopra presents classic poems from Rumi, Hafiz, Kabir, Mirabai and Rabindranath Tagore to explore immortal love in devotional poetry. These poems are filled with love and longing for the divine. I was especially happy to find poems by the Indian princess Mirabai and always love reading Rumi's thoughts.
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Rating: - The Soul in Love - Poems of Ecstasy
The Soul in Love is a lovely journey... passionate in its offerings of how our souls are stirred by the words of Rumi, Hafiz, Kabir, Mirabai and Tagore. I was especially touched by the words of Tagore. In Distant Words Tagore inspires us with the morning dew expressed in these few words-
"You send me love letters in the moon," The night said to the sun. "And I leave you my answer As tears upon the grass."
All lovely and thought provoking!
Rating: - Beautiful poetry
I absolutely love this book. The poems are so beautiful and eloquent. The love the poets have for God is immaculate.
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