+++<\/span><\/p>\nCome, come, whoever you are.
\nWanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving, it doesn’t matter.
\nOurs is not a caravan of despair.
\nCome, even if you have broken your vow a thousand times.
\nCome, yet again, come, come.<\/p>\n
+++<\/span><\/p>\nThe heart has its own language.
\nThe heart knows a hundred thousand
\nways to speak.<\/p>\n
+++<\/span><\/p>\nWherever you are,
\nand whatever you do,
\nbe in love.<\/p>\n
+++<\/span><\/p>\nLet yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love.<\/p>\n
+++<\/span><\/p>\nAnd from beyond the intellect, beautiful Love
\ncomes dragging her skirts, a cup of wine in her hand.<\/p>\n
+++<\/span><\/p>\nEveryone has been made for some particular work,
\nand the desire for that work has been put in every heart.<\/p>\n
+++<\/span><\/p>\nWhy do you stay in prison
\nwhen the door is so wide open?
\nMove outside the tangle of fear-thinking.
\nLive in silence.<\/p>\n
+++<\/span><\/p>\nThe beauty of the heart
\nis the lasting beauty:
\nits lips give to drink
\nof the water of life.<\/p>\n
+++<\/span><\/p>\nIn the early dawn of happiness
\nyou gave me three kisses
\nso that I would wake up
\nto this moment of love.<\/p>\n
+++<\/span><\/p>\nLove is that that never sleeps, nor even rests,
\nnor stays for long with those that do.
\nLove is language that cannot be said,
\nor heard.<\/p>\n
+++<\/span><\/p>\nLet us fall in love again
\nand scatter gold dust all over the world.<\/p>\n
+++<\/span><\/p>\nThere is a life-force within your soul, seek that life.
\nThere is a gem in the mountain of your body, seek that mine.
\nO traveler, if you are in search of that
\nDon’t look outside, look inside yourself and seek that.<\/p>\n
+++<\/span><\/p>\nWe come spinning out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust.<\/p>\n
+++<\/span><\/p>\nSit only under a tree
\nthat is full of blossoms.<\/p>\n
+++<\/span><\/p>\nThe idol of your self is the mother of all idols.<\/p>\n
+++<\/span><\/p>\nIf you wish mercy, show mercy to the weak.<\/p>\n
+++<\/span><\/p>\nIf you dig a pit for others to fall into,
\nyou will fall into it yourself.<\/p>\n
+++<\/span><\/p>\nNo mirror ever became iron again;
\nNo bread ever became wheat;
\nNo ripened grape ever became sour fruit.
\nMature yourself and be secure from a change for the worse.
\nBecome the light.<\/p>\n
+++<\/span><\/p>\nWe rarely hear the inward music,
\nbut we\u2019re all dancing to it nevertheless
\ndirected by the one who teaches us,
\nthe pure joy of the sun,
\nour music master.<\/p>\n
+++<\/span><\/p>\nRemember, the entrance door to the sanctuary is inside you.<\/p>\n
+++<\/span><\/p>\nBe melting snow.
\nWash yourself of yourself.<\/p>\n
+++<\/span><\/p>\nLet the beauty of what you love be what you do.<\/p>\n
+++<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More inspired lines from the great Rumi\u2026 Jal\u0101l ad-D\u012bn Mu\u1e25ammad Balkh\u012b, \u062c\u0644\u0627\u0644\u0627\u0644\u062f\u06cc\u0646 \u0645\u062d\u0645\u062f \u0628\u0644\u062e\u0649 +++ Come, come, whoever you are. Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving, it doesn’t matter. Ours is not a caravan of despair. Come, even if you have broken your vow a thousand times. Come, yet again, come, come. +++ The heart has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,12,13,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7109"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7109"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15665,"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7109\/revisions\/15665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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