Guest guest Posted July 26, 1999 Report Share Posted July 26, 1999 The following seems quite pertinant to what has been discussed here lately. It is an excerpt from a poem by Rumi, in which God speaks thusly: " I have given each being a separate and unique way of seeing and knowing and saying that knowledge. What seems wrong to you is right to him. What is poison to one is honey to someone else. Purity and impurity, sloth and diligence in worship, these mean nothing to me. I am apart from all that. Ways of worshiping are not ranked as better or worse than one another. Hindus do Hindu things. The Dravidian Muslims in India do what they do. It's all praise, and it's all right. It's not me that's glorified in acts of worship. It's the worshipers! I don't hear the words they say. I look inside at the humility. That broken-open lowliness is the reality, not the language! Forget phraseology. I want burning, burning. Be friends with your burning. Burn up your thinking and your forms of expression! Those who pay attention to ways of behaving and speaking are one sort. Lovers who burn are another. " Angelfire for your free web-based e-mail. http://www.angelfire.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 1999 Report Share Posted July 26, 1999 In a message dated 99-07-26 04:31:10 EDT, arcanta writes: << " I have given each being a separate and unique way of seeing and knowing and saying that knowledge. What seems wrong to you is right to him. What is poison to one is honey to someone else. Purity and impurity, sloth and diligence in worship, these mean nothing to me. I am apart from all that. Ways of worshiping are not ranked as better or worse than one another. Hindus do Hindu things. The Dravidian Muslims in India do what they do. It's all praise, and it's all right. It's not me that's glorified in acts of worship. It's the worshipers! I don't hear the words they say. I look inside at the humility. That broken-open lowliness is the reality, not the language! Forget phraseology. I want burning, burning. Be friends with your burning. Burn up your thinking and your forms of expression! Those who pay attention to ways of behaving and speaking are one sort. Lovers who burn are another. " >> Thanks for sharing this. I am a GREAT lover of Rumi, and I have quite a collection of his works. Could you tell me where this particular piece is from. Thanks! Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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