A Hundred Resurrections

"Half of every person has always belonged to the realm of faults. and the other half  belongs to the realm of the unseen.
Oh you, who cannot refrain from delight and luxury, how can you  hold yourself back from the Bountiful God?
How should a morsel digest without the sight of Him, without the view of His roses and rose garden?
Oh you, who are dread with anxiety because your hands are empty of bread, what is this fear, since God is forgiving and merciful?
The saint smiles upon you: do not think him to be merely as he appears: in his inward consciousness are hidden a hundred resurrections."

Rumi (Vol.2  from 3035-3105)

Commentary:  On Christmas Day and on every day, may we remember that "we have received more than we know, and everything that we need."        In Memorium: Ken Waugh