One Swaying Being - Rumi

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Dear Friends,

>From "The Soul of Rumi," Coleman Barks' translation -

 

One Swaying Being

 

Love is not condescension, never

that, nor books, nor any marking

 

on paper, nor what people say of

each other. Love is a tree with

 

branches reaching into eternity

and roots set deep in eternity,

 

and no trunk! Have you seen it?

The mind cannot. Your desiring

 

cannot. The longing you feel for

this love comes from inside you.

 

When you become the Friend, your

longing will be as the man in the

 

ocean who holds to a piece of

wood. Eventually wood, man, and

 

ocean become one swaying being,

Shams Tabriz, the secret of God.

 

 

Love, Peace,

Mazie

 

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