diary of Narcissus
Raised in the U.S.A. by way of Iran xx نرگس
twitter.com/i_narcissus:
I hold to no religion or creed,
am neither Eastern nor Western, Muslim or infidel,
Zoroastrian, Christian, Jew or Gentile.
I come from neither land nor sea,
am not related to those above or below,
was not born nearby or far away,
do not live either in Paradise or on this Earth,
claim descent not from Adam and Eve or the Angels above.
I transcend body and soul.
My home is beyond place and name.
It is with the beloved, in a space beyond space.
I embrace all and am part of all.
-Rumi, 13th Century
Karim Khan Zand (Persian: کریم خان زند), (c. 1705- 1779), was a ruler of Iran, and the founder of the Zand Dynasty via princeofiran:
Triple Riding! by Roozbeh Feiz on Flickr.
Varkaneh village, Hamadam province, Iran.
Iranian ruler Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi of Iran (1919 - 1980) and his wife, Princess Soraya of Iran (1932 - 2001) in Miami Beach, Florida, early 1955.
Short doc about the history of the Persian New Year known as Norooz
(translation)
Human beings are members of a whole,
In creation of one essence and soul.
If one member is afflicted with pain,
Other members uneasy will remain.
If you have no sympathy for human pain,
The name of human you cannot retain.
by Persian Poet and Calligrapher Sa’adi
