A man or a woman is said to be absorbed when the water has total control of him, and he no control of the water. A swimmer moves around willfully. An absorbed being has no will but the water's going. Any word or act is not really personal, but the way the water has of speaking or doing. As when you hear a voice coming out of a wall, and you know that it's not the wall talking, but someone inside, or perhaps someone outside echoing off the wall. Saints are like that. They've achieved the condition of a wall, or a door.
Whenever you are alone, remind yourself that God has sent everyone else away so that there is only you and Him. - Rumi
Whenever you are alone, remind yourself that God has sent everyone else away so that there is only you and Him.
- Rumi
Leave that which is not, but appears to be. Seek that which is, but is not apparent. - Rumi
Leave that which is not, but appears to be. Seek that which is, but is not apparent.
Whatever purifies you is the correct road. - Rumi
Whatever purifies you is the correct road.
Smiles come best from those who weep. - Rumi
Smiles come best from those who weep.
Appear as you are, or be as you appear. - Rumi
Appear as you are, or be as you appear.
Listen to presences inside poems. - Rumi
Listen to presences inside poems.
The rule that covers everything is: how you are with others, expect that back. - Rumi
The rule that covers everything is: how you are with others, expect that back.
Let yourself become living poetry. - Rumi
Let yourself become living poetry.
Love cannot be described. It must be tasted. - Rumi
Love cannot be described. It must be tasted.
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