The Generous One

"The spiritual warrior first gives away his bread; but when the light of devotion strikes on him, he gives away his life.
Open a window towards God, and begin to delight yourself by looking at him through the aperture.
The business of Love is to to make that window in the heart, for the breast is illumined by the beauty of the Beloved.
Therefore, gaze incessantly on the face of the Beloved! This is in your power.
Make a way for yourself in the innermost parts: banish the perception that is concerned with anything other than God.
The Beautiful One will deliver the spirit from unfriendliness.
God's grace is moisture and nourishment for the garden of the spirit; God's breath revives the one who has died of anguish.
God does not only bestow onto you the entire kingdom of the base world; God bestows a hundred thousand kingdoms of diverse kinds."

Rumi (Vol. 6, 3086-3102)

Commentary: What God has to give us is beyond our imagining. Our work, it seems to me, is to develop the capacity to receive.