It’s your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you. Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)
Jalal al-Din Rumi Quote – “You’ve been walking the ocean’s edge…”
You’ve been walking the ocean’s edge, holding up your robes to keep them dry. You must dive naked under, and deeper under, a thousand times deeper! Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)
Jalal al-Din Rumi Quote – “Why do you stay in prison…?”
Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open? Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)
Jalal al-Din Rumi Quote – “As you start to walk on the way…”
As you start to walk on the way, the way appears. Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)
Jalal al-Din Rumi Quote – “Out beyond ideas of wrong-doing…”
Out beyond ideas of wrong-doing and right-doing there is a field. I’ll meet you there. Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)
Jalal al-Din Rumi Quote – “When it’s easier to do evil…”
When it’s easier to do evil, but you choose to do good, you are a true hero. Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)
Jalal al-Din Rumi Quote – “Sell your cleverness…”
Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment. Cleverness is mere opinion. Bewilderment is intuition. Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)
Jalal al-Din Rumi Quote – “Who stands already on heaven’s topmost dome…”
Who stands already on heaven’s topmost dome needs not to search for ladders. Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)
Jalal al-Din Rumi Quote – “This place is a dream…”
This place is a dream. Only a sleeper considers it real. Then death comes like dawn, and you wake up laughing at what you thought was your grief. Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)
Jalal al-Din Rumi Quote – “There’s more to want here than money…”
No need to wait until we die! There’s more to want here than money and being famous and bites of roasted meat. Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)