Being Worked On

"God is the assembly place where all the generations of humanity are gathered under the Divine banner.
Moment by moment, that traceless One is setting down what God wills on the page of their thought, and then obliterating it.
God is putting anger there, and taking acceptance away: God is putting stinginess there, and taking generosity away.
Never for even half a wink of an eye, at evening or morning, are my ideas exempt from this process of imprinting on the mind, and obliterating.
The potter works at the pot to fashion it: how should the pot become broad and long of itself?
The wood is kept constantly in the carpenter's hand: else how should it be hewn and put into the right shape?
The garment, while being cut, is in the hands of a tailor: else how should it sew and cut itself?
You are being filled and emptied at every moment: know then that you are in the hand of God's working...
If you have an ear, listen with your own ear: why be dependent on the ears of blockheads?
Make a practice of seeing for yourself, without blindly following any authority: think in accordance with the view of your own reason."

Rumi (Vol.6, 3331-3344)

Commentary: This explains a lot...We need to think for ourselves, and then realize that our thinking will keep changing in ways we cannot begin to fathom.