{"id":14516,"date":"2019-03-28T15:43:53","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T20:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/?p=14516"},"modified":"2019-03-28T15:43:53","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T20:43:53","slug":"come-sit-in-my-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/?p=14516","title":{"rendered":"Come…Sit in My Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"

As you know, I don\u2019t really do poetry on my site. I tend to be finicky about what I end up liking and honestly, I don\u2019t want to get flooded with requests from every poet drifting around out there. However, I received an email offering me a chance to review a book of poems by Hosain Mosavat called \u201cCome\u2026Sit in My Heart: A Sufi Speaks His Silence\u201d and I said, \u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ His biography is what compelled me to give it a try. \u201cBorn in Shiraz, Iran, 1934, where Saadi and Hafez grew up to be giants of Persian poetry. Raised in Tehran. Survived the first revolution in 1953 against the Shah. Within three days a coup d\u2019etat happened, financed by the CIA, which I didn\u2019t survive, because of losing fifteen friends. Also lost faith in my country. Then in 1955, with the help of my father, came to America, in which I have lived, worked and served to bring peace and harmony, trying to heal the pain and losses of my friends and my country. This book is about how far I have come from revolution to making love as a way of life. I have no regrets, only great hope for our family of mankind. No one is too small to rise and touch another soul. In the name of love and compassion, I stand before you.\u201d Who says no to that? Certainly not me!<\/p>\n

If you dare venture inside \u201cCome\u2026Sit in My Heart\u201d you\u2019ll be treated to some earnest reflections on love and spirituality.<\/p>\n

A creek
\n\tgently flowing among the pebbles
\n\t\tin the stream
\n\twhispering freshness
\n\tflowing through and around
\n\t\twhatever touches it<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the teacher I\u2019m looking for<\/em><\/p>\n

You can learn more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"