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The Illuminated Rumi
A Favourite of 3, Read by 29, Owned by 19, Reviewed by 0, | Quotes 2


Added on: Wednesday, July 19 2006
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Mevlana Jelalu'ddin Rumi : Persian sufi mystic
Tue Aug 08 01:21:54 UTC 2006
Source: The Illuminated Rumi, Page: 33
Contributed by: Tsuya.
Mevlana Jelalu'ddin Rumi said

Those who don't feel this love pulling them like a river, those who don't drink dawn like a cup of  springwater or take in sunset like a supper, those who don't want to change, let them sleep.

Mevlana Jelalu'ddin Rumi : Persian sufi mystic
Sat Aug 05 21:53:29 UTC 2006
Source: The Illuminated Rumi, Page: 22
Contributed by: Tsuya.
Mevlana Jelalu'ddin Rumi said

The Real Work
There is one thing in this world that you must never forget to do.  If you forget everything else and not this, there's nothing to worry about, but if you remember everything else, and forget this, then you will have done nothing in your life.
It's as if a king has sent you to some country to do a task, and you perform a hundred other services, but not the one he sent you to do.  So human beings come to this world to do particular work.  That work is the purpose, and each is specific to the person.  If you don't do it, it's as though a priceless Indian sword were used to slice rotten meat.  It's a golden bowl being used to cook turnips, when one filing from the bowl could buy a hundred suitable pots.  It's a knife of the finest tempering nailed into a wall to hang things on.
You say, “But look, I'm using the dagger.  It's not lying idle.”
Do you hear how ludicrous that sounds?  For a penny, an iron nail could be bought to serve the purpose.  You say, “But I spend my energies on lofty enterprises.  I study jurisprudence and philosophy and logic and astronomy and medicine and all the rest.”  But consider why you do those things.  They are all branches of yourself.
Remember the deep root of your being, the presence of your lord.  Give your life to the one who already owns your breath and your moments.  If you don't, you will be exactly like the man who takes a precious dagger and hammers it into his kitchen wall for a peg to hold his dipper gourd.  You'll be wasting valuable keenness and foolishly ignoring your dignity and your purpose.



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