QUOTE : Last night I learned how to be a lover of God,<br />To live in this world and call nothing my own.<br /><br />I looked inward<br />And the beauty of my own emptiness<br />filled me till dawn.<br />It enveloped me like a mine of rubies.<br />Its hue clothed me in red silk.<br /><br />Within the cavern of my soul<br />I heard the voice of a lover crying,<br />“Drink now! Drink now!”—<br /><br />I took a sip and saw the vast ocean— <br />Wave upon wave caressed my soul. <br />The lovers of God dance around <br />And the circle of their steps<br />becomes a ring of fire round my neck.<br /><br />Heaven calls me with its rain and thunder—<br />a hundred thousand cries<br />yet I cannot hear.....<br /><br />All I hear is the call of my Beloved.