#rumi

The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "My Companions are as stars. Whomsoever of them you follow, you will be rightly guided." When a man looks at a star, and finds his way by it, the star does not speak any word to that man. Yet, by merely looking at the star, the man knows the road from roadlessness and reaches his goal. ↗

— Rumi

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A craftsman pulled a reed from the reedbed, cut holes in it, and called it a human being. Since then, it's been wailing a tender agony of parting, never mentioning the skill that gave it life as a flute ↗

— Rumi

#spirituality #sufi #wisdom #life

I know you're tired but come, this is the way. ↗

— Rumi

#love #poetry #rumi #spiritual #sufi

At night, I open the window and ask the moon to come and press its face against mine. Breathe into me. Close the language-door and open the love-window. The moon won't use the door, only the window. ↗

— Rumi

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I was dead, then alive. Weeping, then laughing. The power of love came into me, and I became fierce like a lion, then tender like the evening star. ↗

— Rumi

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This is how I would die into the love I have for you: As pieces of cloud dissolve in sunlight. ↗

— Rumi

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For the thirst to possess your love, Is worth my blood a hundred times. ↗

— Rumi

#love

You hurt and have sharp desire, yet your presence is a healing calm. ↗