But the body’s desires, in another way, are like an unpredictable associate, whom you must be patient with. And that companion is helpful, because patience expands your capacity to love and feel peace. Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)
Jalal al-Din Rumi Quote – “Always check your inner state…”
Always check your inner state with the lord of your heart. Copper doesn’t know it’s copper, until it’s changed to gold. Your loving doesn’t know its majesty, until it knows its helplessness. 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 – “I am so small I can barely be seen…”
I am so small I can barely be seen. How can this great love be inside me? Look at your eyes. They are small, but they see enormous things. Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)
Jalal al-Din Rumi Quote – “True seekers keep riding straight through…”
True seekers keep riding straight through, whereas big, lazy, self-worshiping geese unload their pack animals in a farmyard and say, “This is far enough.” Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)
Jalal al-Din Rumi Quote – “A tailor needs a torn garment to practice his expertise…”
An empty mirror and your worst destructive habits, when they are held up to each other, that’s when the real making begins. That’s what art and crafting are. A tailor needs a torn garment to practice his expertise. The trunks of trees must be cut and cut again so they can be used for fine carpentry. Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 […]
Jalal al-Din Rumi Quote – “There is nothing worse than thinking you are well enough…”
There is nothing worse than thinking you are well enough. More than anything, self-complacency blocks the workmanship. Put your vileness up to a mirror and weep. Get that self-satisfaction flowing out of you! Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)
Jalal al-Din Rumi Quote – “The body is a device to calculate the astronomy of the spirit…”
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)
Jalal al-Din Rumi Quote – “You’re water. We’re the millstone…”
You’re water. We’re the millstone. You’re wind. We’re dust blown up into shapes. You’re spirit. We’re the opening and closing of our hands. You’re the clarity. We’re this language that tries to say it. You’re joy. We’re all the different kinds of laughing. Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)
Jalal al-Din Rumi Quote – “You are not a prophet, but go humbly on the way…”
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)
Jalal al-Din Rumi Quote – “To be nothing is the precondition of being.”
To be nothing is the precondition of being. Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)