| Divine Face of Jalal ud Din Rumi |
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| Thy need to adore a beautiful face, all (1)
Ye not having one not to rudeness fall Your eye is open yet blind, It�s a sin An ugly face thy adoration may win Listen to Sage from Ghazna, what he may Thy old body revived in new spirit sway Listen to this quatrain with heart and soul Freeing yourself from everything material Listen carefully to the advice from him (2) In soul and heart consciousness may brim Wiseman fom Ghazna hath thus suggested Learn by heart! He hath us so commanded In front of Joseph vanity does not stay Be humble! Like Jacob resolve to pray The dead parrot hath sensed humility (3) So! Annihilate thyself; dwell in poverty Jesus may revive thine spirit by Ruh (4) Transform in pious blessed soul, you! Spring do not turn stone in green splendor Be dust! Growing flowers full of wonder Thy have been carved not for years Be clay for a while that mold bears |
| (1) Learn to witness beauty and to appreciate it, because beauty is truth, truth beauty. If a person cannot appreciate beauty with an open eye, he is blind and cursed. If he appreciates evil with an open eye, he�s accepted evil as evil and is doomed to Hell.
(2)Consciousness of the soul is the real consciousness. (3) The dead bird means soul getting rid of worldly knowledge, and reliving means abiding by �New Knowledge� of spiritual transformation. (4) See In the Spirit of Jesus�. |
| Rumi has invited us all to come out of the vanity of the material knowledge �that we know enough� in `QUEST� of unknown with the humility �that we know nothing�. That spirit shall charge us with renewed life blessing us with a better disposition and vision to look at our own selves and the world around. |
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