DRASHTA

Excerpts from the book Then Almitra, speak to us of LOVE: Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself. Love possesses not nor would it be possessed; For Love is sufficient unto love. Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself. But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires: To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To know the pain of too much tenderness. To be wounded by your own understanding or love, And to bleed willingly and joyfully. To wake at the dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving; To rest at the noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy; To return home at eventide with gratitude; And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips. Then Almitra, speak to us of MARRIAGE: Love one another, but make not a bond of Love: Let it rather be moving sea between the shores of your souls. Fill each other's cup but drink not from one ...