You that give nourishment and steadiness and freedom, give the bent soul strength to stand up straight in the work it knows it's here to do.
Give us patience and generosity and clarity to see through the images that appear.
There is a coarse desire that wants world-power; there are armies that kill their own relatives; and there is the bitter pleasure of dolls that pull the stuffing out of each other.
Read the passionate love stories again. Notice how everyone perishes in what is not love.
Love is when the holy nothingness loves itself. Jealousies come as kindness turns cruel.
If there were no legal punishment, no threat of prison, people would shred their enemies, the so-called lovers.
Envy connects deeply with the old ambition of fallen angels, who do exist, and they have human helpers who try to destroy anyone who has loved and received wisdom from a teacher.
~ Rumi
(Dolls That Pull the Stuffing Out of Each Other) Mathnawi V: 1197-1225 Version by Coleman Barks "The Soul of Rumi" HarperSanFrancisco, 2001 art Element 9 Graphic Design |
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