The Essential Rumi
The Essential Rumi Rumi My soul is from elsewhere, I'm sure of that, and I intend to end up there. I didn't come here of my own accord, and I can't leave that way. Whoever brought me here will have to take me home. Close both eyes to see with the other eye. Open your hands, if you want to be held. Be empty of worrying. Think of who created thought! Listen to the story told by the reed,of being separated. "Since I was cut from the reedbed,I have made this crying sound. Anyone apart from someone he loves understands what I say. Anyone pulled from a source longs to go back. I've said before that every craftsman searches for what's not there to practice his craft. A builder looks for the rotten hole where the roof caved in. A water carrier picks the empty pot. A carpenter stops at the house with no door. Workers rush toward some hint of emptiness, which they the...