"If we come to ignorance, that is His prison, and if we come to knowledge that is His power.
And if we come to sleep we are His intoxicated ones; and if to wakefulness, we are in His hands.
And if we weep, we are a cloud laden with the bounty dispensed by Him, and if we laugh, at that time we are His lightening.
And if we come to wrath and war, 'tis the reflection of His might;and if to peace and forgiveness, 'tis the reflection of His Love.
Who are we? In this tangled complex world, what is there, other than God? Nothing. Nothing. "
Rumi (Vol. 1: 1520-1514)
Commentary: At the heart of every circumstance and challenge, there is something that is trustworthy; even today.
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The Mathnawi, Jalalu'ddin Rumi's master work, is a 1200 page poem. Having studied it in an intensive tutorial with a Persian scholar, Dev Prakash in 1979, I am now rereading it 30 years later,using the Reynold Nicholson translation. My hope is that you will find these short selections speaking to your soul, as they do to mine.
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