Peace, I’m excited to announce the release of my new book of Love poems “Cosmicity“. Proximity to this reality of Love is primordial and communal, so much so that its quest transpires in all our experiences, whether joyful or painful, its purpose is to expand us therefore I will be sharing bits of “Cosmicity” regularly in the forms that manifested during its creative process.
A big thank you for your support throughout the years~
There is a soft light
your forehead sheds,
every time I see it
I long for fasting and
the quiet of not-being.
2003 © Aïda Touré
Poem of the book Nocturnal Light.
~ The Enlightened Soul ~
Taqwah* is Queen,
Love is King
Heart is the Throne
and the Crown is
the enlightened soul~
© 2017 Aïda Touré
*Taqwah is the state of being God-conscious.
Be with the One
who makes you feel
the freest~
© 2017 Aïda Touré
In letting go,
there is a grace
that cleanses the soul~
© 2017 Aïda Touré
Surround yourself with
those whose Presence
encourages what is
noblest in you~
© 2014 Aida Toure
This innocence, we both cherish!
You put your hand on my ear
to reveal your soul’s secrets
and I succumb…
The purity of your heart spreads
as if music in my tympanums,
I lay on the floor, my centers
filled with divine laughter;
my location no longer matters
the entire world is you…
(Poem excerpt from The Sublime Sphere)
© 2001 Aïda Touré
~ Pulled to Prayer ~
A holy love is approaching:
between your eyes, a sun,
I look shyly as it strikes me
with some gentleness that
throws me to the ground,
the humbling haven
of vertiginous minds.
Every breath taken,
the Qur’an descends again:
every surah, a blessing
the unseen and the seen recite
for our heart to be purified.
The motions of planets
are prostrations too!
The very phenomenon
of gravity weaves an
unending prayer mat for
all humanity but we understand not
such bewildering subtlety.
Shadows of men know better,
from sunset to break of dawn,
prayerful, they bow in obedience
upon the diaphanous rug.
One who has intelligence
models himself after the Prophets,
alayhum salam.
(Poem excerpt from Nocturnal Light)
© 2003 Aïda Touré
~ One Heart ~
If your heart is aligned
with your soul’s flow,
wherever it leads,
you will follow~
© 2016 Aïda Touré
“Allah has not placed two hearts in the bosom of any man.” ~Quran 33:4
~ Open Wide Another Soul ~
Everyone has a higher self,
the breath of the Divine
subtly flowing through them,
do we honor this magnificence
and give our attention to it
instead of dwelling
on faults and mistakes?
By focusing on the best within,
we help the other to awaken
to their pulsating Essence
as well as its expression.
Is your love deep enough
to open wide another soul
while conditioning stifled it?
That would be true selfless love
for the sake of Al-Ahad.
© 2016 Aïda Touré
Solely heart knows
that which I speak of,
this refined language
no tongue can touch.
O Speechless one,
how sweet is your force!
(Poem excerpt from Nocturnal Light)
© 2003 Aïda Touré
~ Meanders of Obscurity ~
Bismillah, know that
adversity polishes you,
it brings you at the feet
of the Beloved in a way
that shatters your false self.
Be patient my love,
your light unravels best
in the meanders of obscurity.
© 2016 Aïda Touré
My dearest one,
we learn to attach
so many conditions
to Love that when
a rare deeper Love
appears, we are lost;
not knowing what to do
with the gift since
its value is beyond all
the common, limiting
considerations we are
accustomed to; whereas Love
by its very nature expands
and thus surprises,
so how can we enjoy
its abundant virtues
if patience is absent?
The Divine grows Love
like a seed planted
with devotion in the
fertile grounds of
a disinterested Heart
that trusts what may come.
Blessed is the one
who, by wisdom, learns
to run to a sacred Love
instead of running
away from it~
© 2016 Aïda Touré
In the presence
of the Friend,
be quiet.
Should you know
of His eloquence,
assume a death:
the one which has
countless resurrections,
you know, the sunlit one!
(Poem excerpt from Nocturnal Light)
© 2003 Aïda Touré
Our most feminine energies:
yesterday, enormous longings.
Today, whirling human beings.
Tomorrow, just symphonies;
all, cloaked in this beauty.
Woman, man, the same!
(Poem excerpt from Nocturnal Light)
© 2003 Aïda Touré
… When we look for love
in a tangible person,
we are longing for the
beholding of His Face….
(Excerpt from Nocturnal Light)
© 2003 Aïda Touré
~ Threshold of True Love ~
We constantly are on the threshold of true Love.
With every breath, we are susceptible
to fall in it, completely… to dissolve in it,
without any ego, without any fear,
without such hindering veils,
only Transparency is left…
© 2016 Aïda Touré
All violence is the result of inner pain, we must remedy this by healing ourselves individually and then collectively, through self-Love, through conscious uncovery of the divine attributes instilled in our soul by the Beloved… We are here to express those attributes while the external world exerts its coarse energies against this innate cosmic purpose yet the higher self’s grace must triumph by experience with such adversity. This is the reality we all have in common yet the difference in our journey is in the way we choose to react to pain; whether we choose to overcome it through compassion, or we choose to be defeated by it through destructive patterns… Love is the Way within and without that will restore this realm to Harmony and Balance~
In this sacred process, Artists’role is of the highest importance so in order to honor this collective uplifting endeavor, I will share works by creatives I discover and who honor the Light within us that awaits to be unveiled to each one of us… inshAllah~
© 2016 Aïda Touré
~ Art of Love ~
Of all sacred Arts
to master, Love is
the most fundamental one.
© 2016 Aïda Touré
~ Music of Ineffable Beauty ~
Love is a gift
that unwraps itself
in the Unseen until
it reaches the vessels
it is attributed to
by divine command.
Every wave that transports it
creates a Music of ineffable beauty.
Upon its reception
in the material dimension,
the quality of this Love results
from our heart’s condition;
the purer the heart, the deeper the Love.
When we understand this Law
how can Love not be sacred?
Like every precious gift
it must be cherished,
cultivated with consistency
patience and spiritual intelligence~
For devoted lovers,
Love is the greatest of endeavors
to undertake for it impacts
the very soul of those they bond with
and this extends to everything
created out of such a bond.
Lo! I just heard the command to retreat~
My dear one, let me seal my lips
for now the Exalted Assembly appears!
© 2016 Aïda Touré
Spiritual artists learn from Inspiration to flow with the luxuriance of Freedom. This acquired state of Wholeness becomes an essential aspect of their very being and existence so any experience that contrasts with this natural occurrence feels hindering as it represses the soul’s inherent way of being~ In that sense, Art’s purpose is sacred as it is an alley to the Beauty of the Divine which is our origin~
Once the soul has tasted the nectar of the sublime Stream that animates the Universe as well as the awareness of the Artist, nothing compares to the intensity of such a Love~ It’s the closest thing to the Afterlife’s Bliss for a fragrant soul. Very few are those who have awakened to the Wisdom that compels one to embrace this Reality in a culture of distractions that numbs our senses with its powerful ego-based illusions. Immersed in the intense subtleties of Beyond, the Sage-Artist cultivates his grace and shares it for the sake of the collective soul’s exaltation.
© 2016 Aïda Touré
~ Celestial Worlds Within ~
My precious child,
your celestial worlds within
will unleash their ineffable Beauty
once you dissolve before
the throne of the Divine~
This is the purpose
behind the greater Jihad
as transmitted by
Prophet Muhammad (saw)!
Only Love can lead you on this Path~
© 2016 Aida Toure’
~ Love’s Unconditonality ~
There is grace in relinquishing
what does not belong to us.
Letting go for a deeper purpose
implies preparing oneself
for some deeper fulfillment;
in everything there is a gift,
even in the heart broken in pieces,
there is Love’s unconditionality
sowing its infinitesimal seeds
as it chants:
“Let me BE!
In my octave there must be fluidity only,
all these irreverent attempts
to imprison the sacred
are the surest way to lose me.
I say let me BE!”
You see, Consciousness is supreme
and as such it reigns macro-royally~
The act of dissolving to allow space
for that which is greater is what
the soul, in its deep wisdom,
does best and we must follow~
This is Surrender: Islam by excellence!
© 2016 Aïda Touré
All my best wishes for the new year to all my readers~ May 2016 introduce us to even more Love, more Harmony, more Light and more Soul delight!
Thank you for your support of the Visual Sufi Poetry blog throughout the years. In 2016, I hope to share more of my creative journey in this great time of Shift and Awakening of our collective self, inshAllah~
© 2016 Aïda Touré
~ Caress of Nur ~
Bismillah,
when I interact with you
it’s truly you that I see,
not the external things
that envelop your form
like your hair, your skin,
your age, your clothing,
I see you, your inner being;
its spark, its triumphs,
its struggle to still rise
amid the layers of illusion
that make up this earthly life~
When you speak with me,
it’s you that I hear,
not the verbosity that counts
in this superficial society,
I listen from inside you
and feel your pulse
that calls your attention
to your self-sabotage patterns,
I see your kindness sometimes
eroded by your ego’s cruelty~
My dear, our peripheral synch
was for the effect of Mirroring
so you could visualize
how you are in the way
of your own Grace.
Between this Caress of Nur*
and its divine workings,
rub this Love balm
upon your breathing
and break wide open as
your function has done
for hundreds of wo/men!
© 2015 Aïda Touré
* “Nur” in Arabic means “Light”.
~ The Lover’s Ambrosia ~
The lover wants a sacred love
that reflects his soul’s grace,
not the world’s dysfunctions
with its inordinate ego projections.
Why would such a vast being
relinquish the exquisiteness
of his inner ambrosia in order
to embrace some monotonously
mundane finite romance?
Everyone desires a deep lover
yet rare are those who are spiritually
refined enough to keep him near.
Such a love is an elixir solely
offered to those with pure lips~
© 2015 Aïda Touré
When the feminine and masculine principles harmoniously relate and come together naturally, without any of them exerting the energies of force, possessiveness nor control, they have the opportunity to experience the fluidity of balance and to thus experience divine Love. As our consciousness (Taqwah) of the Divine grows, so our capacity to give/receive Love in the healthiest ways.
This sacred approach to Union is observed by those who have acquired a more spiritual understanding of life, it takes egolessness to reach such a state of understanding and to apply it on a daily basis. Wherever the ego dominates, it’s certain that the interfering energies like control, fear, possessiveness, force will be present therefore as long as these tendencies are pronounced, a healing, deeper Love cannot manifest as such a Love only finds expression between two whole souls (of integrity) who have overcome fragmentation, the result of external conditioning based on illusion. These two souls have become conscious channels for the subtle, higher Flow of existence that transcends all materiality with all its superficial considerations~
The inner work on self bears its fruits best in the context of relationships that act as a mirror to the soul’s splendor and challenges yet known and unknown to us. Once we patiently work on ourselves, mastering our ego, we become aware of our personal issues that can be resolved as they impede the quality of our Love experience. This process creates the necessary space for reception of the Gift which is Love. This profound Love is liberating, comforting as it activates our full potential and helps us become even more conscious of the Divine Source of all Gifts.
© 2015 Aïda Touré
~ Escape the Ego’s Clutch ~
All the cells in your being
are billions of open doors
to the Divine One,
the truest Freedom
awaits you from inside~
Come to this sweet Surrender,
escape the ego’s clutch,
come kiss the ground
like the Sajideen,
the prostrated ones;
come dear, shiver in ecstasy,
you are love made of Love
the sole Reality~
© 2015 Aïda Touré
~ Every Little Heaven ~
I get lost in
every little heaven
that escapes on earth
whenever you say my name,
I’m summoned to return
to Love over and over~
© 2015 Aïda Touré
The connected one is refined, warm, compassionate, gentle and loving~ Most people are naturally drawn to such a being because s/he exemplifies the soul’s inherent attributes which are divine~ In contradiction those who emanate violent, coarse energy are usually careless in their acts that mostly are ego-driven; their indifference is a symptom of spiritual disconnection. Those are the most hurt and subconsciously attract experiences that stir their anger until they become fully aware of it and work on themselves to dissolve all their negative energy for anger is destructive and poisonous for self first and others~ One of the best ways to dissipate anger and to reconnect to one’s soul is to meditate, to commune with Nature and to learn to patiently listen instead of impulsively talking; these endeavors lessen the ego and allow space for one’s inherent healing properties to be activated and to spread wherever Love is lacking~ inshAllah.
© 2015 Aïda Touré
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