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Like Children
Recognize that your imagination and your thinking
and your sense perception are reed canes
that children cut and pretend are horsies.
The Knowing of mystic Lovers is different.
The empirical, sensory, sciences
are like a donkey loaded with books,
or like the makeup woman’s makeup.
It washes
off.
But if you lift the baggage rightly, it will give you joy.
Don’t carry your knowledge-load for some selfish reason.
Deny your desires and willfulness,
and a real mount may appear under you.
Don’t be satisfied with the name of HU,
with just words about it.
Experience that breathing.
From books and words come fantasy,
and sometimes, from fantasy
comes union.
Rumi
Version by Coleman Barks
July 21st, 2007 at 1:27 pm
rr, awesome post
The Knowing of mystic Lovers is different.
The empirical, sensory, sciences
are like a donkey loaded with books,
or like the makeup woman’s makeup.
It washes off.
the above reminds me of the follow a’a bullay shah
padh padh ilam hazaar kitabaan
kadi apne aap nu padheya nahin
July 24th, 2007 at 6:30 am
Rumi is awesome. His words never cease to inspire.