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 […]
And watch two men washing clothes, one makes dry clothes wet. The other makes wet clothes dry. They seem to be thwarting each other, but their work is a perfect harmony. Every holy person seems to have a different doctrine and practice, but there’s really only one work. Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)
All the particles in the world Are in love and looking for lovers. Pieces of straw tremble In the presence of amber. Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)
Don’t unstring the bow, I am your four-feathered arrow that has not been used yet. I am a strong knifeblade word, not some if or maybe, dissolving in air. I am sunlight slicing the dark. Who made this night? A forge deep in the earth-mud. What is the body? Endurance. What is love? Gratitude. What is hidden in our chests? […]
One Song What is praised is one, so the praise is one too, many jugs being poured into a huge basin. All religions, all this singing, one song. The differences are just illusion and vanity. Sunlight looks a little different on this wall than it does on that wall, and a lot different on this other one, but it is […]
Yesterday, I was clever so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)
Be certain in the religion of Love there are no believers or unbelievers. Love embraces all. Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)
There is a force within that gives you life — seek that. In your body there lies a precious jewel — seek that. Oh, wandering Sufi, if you are in search of the greatest treasure, don’t look outside, look within, and Seek That. Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)
One of the marvels of the world is the sight of a soul sitting in prison with the key in his hand. Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)
The spiritual path wrecks the body and afterwards restores it to health. It destroys the house to unearth the treasure, and with that treasure builds it better than before. Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)
