To be nothing is the precondition of being. Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)
Jalal al-Din Rumi Quote – “Die before ye die!”
Die before ye die! Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)
Jalal al-Din Rumi Quote – “And if He closes before you the ways…”
And if He closes before you the ways and passes all, He’ll show a hidden pathway which nobody has known. Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)
Jalal al-Din Rumi Quote – “Don’t be satisfied with stories…”
But don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth, without complicated explanation, so everyone will understand the passage. We have opened you. Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)
Jalal al-Din Rumi Quote – “Lovers do not themselves seek and yearn…”
Lovers do not themselves seek and yearn. In all the world there is no one seeking but He! Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)
Jalal al-Din Rumi Quote – “Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere…”
Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along. Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)
Jalal al-Din Rumi Quote – “If the Beloved is everywhere, the lover is a veil…”
If the Beloved is everywhere, the lover is a veil, but when living itself becomes the Friend, lovers disappear. Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)
Jalal al-Din Rumi Quote – “Waves broke. Awareness rose again and sent out a voice…”
Waves broke. Awareness rose again and sent out a voice. It always happens like this. Sea turns on itself and foams. With every foaming bit another body, another being takes form. And when the sea sends word, each foaming body melts immediately back to ocean breath. Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)
Jalal al-Din Rumi Quote – “When the ocean surges, don’t let me just hear it…”
When the ocean surges, don’t let me just hear it. Let it splash inside my chest! Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)
Jalal al-Din Rumi Quote – “One went to the door of the Beloved and knocked…”
One went to the door of the Beloved and knocked. A voice asked, “Who is there?” He answered, “It is I.” The voice said, “There is no room for Me and Thee.” The door was shut. After a year of solitude and deprivation he returned and knocked. A voice from within asked, “Who is there?” The man said, “It is […]