Everyone foolishly assumes that his clock alone tells correct time. Christians claim to possess exclusive truth. Countless varieties of Hindus insist that their sect, no matter how small and insignificant, expresses the ultimate position. Devout Muslims maintain that Koranic revelation supersedes all others. The entire world is being driven insane by this single phrase: “My religion alone is true.” O […]
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)
Don’t grieve for what doesn’t come. Some things that don’t happen Keep disasters from happening. Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)
If you want what visible reality can give, you’re an employee. If you want the unseen world, you’re not living your truth. Both wishes are foolish, but you’ll be forgiven for forgetting that what you really want is love’s confusing joy. Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)
Keep knocking, and the joy inside will eventually open a window and look out to see who’s there. Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)
The beast you ride is your various appetites, change your wantings. When you prune weak branches, the remaining fruit get tastier. Lust can be redirected, so that even when it takes you backward, it goes toward shelter. A strong intention can make “two oceans wide” be the size of a blanket, or “seven hundred years” the time it takes to […]
The body is a device to calculate the astronomy of the spirit. Look through that astrolabe and become oceanic. Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)
You are not a prophet, but go humbly on the way of the prophets, and you can arrive where they are. Don’t try to steer the boat. Don’t open a shop by yourself. Listen. Keep silent. You are not God’s mouthpiece. Try to be an ear, and if you do speak, ask for explanations. Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)
The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep. You must ask for what you really want. Don’t go back to sleep. Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)
Those that make you return, for whatever reason, to God’s solitude, be grateful to them. Worry about the others, who give you delicious comforts that keep you from prayer. Friends are enemies sometimes, and enemies friends. Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)
