‘The Sufi’s book is not of ink and letters; it is nothing but a heart white as snow’ (Mevlana Rumi, Mathnawi II.159)
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Peace, one and all…
The Truth of Things
‘The porter runs to the heavy load and takes it from
others,
knowing burdens are the foundations of ease
and bitter things the forerunners of pleasure.
See the porters struggle over the load!
It’s the way of those who see
the truth of things’.
(Mevlana, Mathnawi II.1834-6, trans. Shaykh Kabir Helminski)
Ma’as salama,
Abdur Rahman
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April 14, 2008 at 9:43 am and is filed under Muslim & Sufi Poetry, Our Spiritual Heritage, Shaykh Kabir Helminski, Sufism/Tasawwuf, The Wisdom of Mevlana.
