Between a Lover and a Beloved

It is lovely
for there to be total informality
between a lover and a beloved

All these formalities
are for strangers

The only rule is this

Everything is forbidden
except for love

~ Rumi
From Radical Love: Teachings from
the Islamic Mystical Tradition
Translated and edited by Omid Safi
Yale University Press, 2018
p. 199

See also the previous posts:
• Between a Lover and a Beloved ~ December 10, 2025
• The Sacred Phallas
• Mindful Lovemaking
• Reciprocal Lovemaking
• Joyful Lovemaking
• Reflections
• Spiritual Phallicism
• The Body: A Holy Place of Romp and Renewal
• The Divine Masculine Principle
• Sweet Offering
• Body and Soul

Images: Subjects and photographers unknown.