Tuesday, January 19, 2010

When the Mountains Sing

"God said, 'You have suffered separation. For My sake, you parted from your intimates.'
O lonely stranger, who has become friendless, from whose heart the fire of longing has flamed up,
You desire minstrels and singers and boon-companions: the Eternal One brings the mountains to you.
He makes the mountains minstrels and singers and pipers; He makes the mountain blow in measure before you,
To the end that you may know that, since the mountains are permitted to sing, the Saint, likewise, has plaintive songs..
The melody of that pure One is reaching your ear every moment...
Within your heart a hundred questions and a hundred answers are coming from the realm of non-spatiality, to your dwelling place."

Rumi (Vol.3 4271-4279)

Commentary: "A hundred questions and a hundred answers..." They are all gifts from God..Who knew?