FROM BOOKS
Affinity
13 January 2005
If you are rosewater, your place is among bright faces. If you are filth, everywhere you are a source of anguish. Look a...
The Wall of Existence
13 January 2005
Without emancipation from the passions of this earthly body, It is impossible to prostrate before the One who offers us...
The Wisdom Behind the Existence of the Ego
12 January 2005
Had I but briefly described your inner world, You would have been terrified; Fear might very well have killed you; You w...
From Captivity to Freedom
11 January 2005
The yearning of lovers for each other is a blessed act. In particular, if the one who yearns is Layla, and the one who i...
The Charity of the Oppressor
10 January 2005
“Does a stone blossom even in the spring time? Be as the soil so that roses and other flowers emerge from you in many co...
Be a Human, a Human!
09 January 2005
Go to the graveyard. Sit there for a while in silence. Listen to the voices of the mute! Rumi A man came to a big city....
Being Blessed With Mercy
08 January 2005
If you want to please me, Do not forget that it depends on pleasing people. Rumi The first fruit of true faith is mercy....
Love and Hatred
07 January 2005
Do not be deceived, O human being, by the pride and fun of this world! Do not be afraid, even if your body is cut to pie...
The Lie in the Mirror
06 January 2005
Look, O disciple, at the beauty in the mirror! But do not be deceived by the lie in it, For the beauty of youth will fad...
The Guardian of Layla’s Abode
05 January 2005
Stay silent if you are not Majnun, For the one who has not attained that love, Layla is just a form. Rumi Majnun, meltin...
You May Hurt Layla!
04 January 2005
There is no existence remaining in my body except you, O my beloved! I will therefore disappear in you, The way vinegar...
From the Mirror of the Heart
03 January 2005
Those who have pure hearts are freed from colors and smells. They easily see a beauty in every breath. They have left be...
An Urn of Water
02 January 2005
As the good-looking look at a mirror, The generous look at the weak and the poor! Mirrors reflect the beauty in the face...
Rumi, Shams and Shab-i Arus
01 January 2005
I was dead, yet became alive, I was a tear yet became a smile, I entered the ocean of love, And reached the eternal happ...