Divaan E Ishq
Give all for love, everything. A complete abandonment of logic
Women must be seen and heard. Women of Divaan E Ishq are expressive and in essence artists. They express through external means, be it dance, song, poetry, oratory, art or other artistic means. The art, an expression of Ishq, must be the means to seduce hearts. By whatever means necessary, the lover unveil her heart to herself, the rest is desert.
In a more formal understanding, one may consider our space as poetic therapy designed to regulate emotions and balance one's energetic body, physical, mention and spiritual body.
Divaan E Ishq
Dost,
We welcome you with our hearts. May your entry into this portal be blessed always. We are here by the order of Ishq. We submit to love and all her demands. We are here to drown in the eternal ocean of love. We are here to annihilate our entire being in the Ocean of Al Wadud, The Most Loving. In this Divaan, Love is our guide. The book is Love and so is the breath. By way of being and doing we are love, anything less is not.
Like in all sacred spaces, secret or open, there are frames.
Here are a few for Divaan E Ishq:
Bring your shawl, chador, a means to experience non-form
Bring your book and a pen for penning or your phone.
Leave your mind at the threshold, place it by the baab. Enter with your heart.
What is transmitted and shared here is between those present, this is a trust. Trust must be honored.
A secret told in trust is a secret kept.
Be beautiful in manners. Nothing is learned without Adeb (manners)
This space is a monthly space to connect, expand and become.
Our mode of learning is by sohbet, companionship, discourse/transmission. Books are not our primary mode of learning.
In adhering to the Drunken School of Mysticism, we are not afraid to love, we do not shun mortal love, we see no duality between mortal and divine love, nor are we afraid to express love in whatever form we are being called to express in. We are unapologetic and reckless, if need be, in our mode of expressions. Anything less would be unjust.
Your presence is welcomed and honored.
Space is what we are being called towards, so as to harness soul-development in the spiritual care of authorized female guides on the Path of Ishq.
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Lovers flock together like birds of a feather
Keeping each other’s company
An addiction
A deadly virus
An obligation
A livelihood
A fraternity
Food for the soul
Their hearts connect
Recognizing
Reflecting
Albeit strangers
These lovers are likened to rocks at the seashore
Some which lay upon the sand
Others bathing in the sea
While the select buried beneath the seabed
The Sea is Love!
The rocks upon the shore anguish to enter
Those which bathe within have entered the holy chamber
While those concealed beneath have fully immersed
They cannot be perceived
These ones have reached their goal..
They are One with the sea
One with Love
The Sea of Love!
There are those who stroll the seashore, yearning to join the stations of love
While others; the onlookers, await invitation
The rest are busy in love with everything else but the Sea of Love
Let’s take a dip into that ocean
Let’s taste real Love
Let’s experience Eternal Love
The Sea of Love!
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nothing is more valuable
than a Friend
on the Path of Love
a Confidante
someone who will
treasure your heart
who will fan the fire of
your innermost yearning
when everyone else seems to be
wanting you to go astray
the Friend holds you accountable
She has your back in all situations
She wants you to become your Self
for the joy of all
with Her you can share your doubts
the lowliest of thoughts
your most hidden Secrets
She honors your rawness
appreciates your realness
no need for formality with Her
She won’t ever ask you to be
anything else than you are
She sees light
where you think only darkness resides
and when dust falls on the mirror
She uses it to polish it
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The Divaan E Ishq is open for female seekers from all paths.