Pointing To The Moon

the truth that needs neither proof or belief

If your knowledge of fire has been turned
to certainty by words alone,
then seek to be cooked by the fire itself.
Don't abide in borrowed certainty.
There is no real certainty until you burn;
if you wish for this, sit down in the fire.

-Rumi (from Rumi:Daylight, by Camille and Kabir Helminski)

Be Like a Duck Merrily Merrily Merrily Merrily

Rumi says, "Try to be like a duck, with its joyful body paddling along in the loving water of the river. Just enjoy that" - that delight in buoyancy. - Coleman Barks interview

There is a buoyancy to awakening. And speaking of water, this is probably one of the highest teachings. Ever.

Row, row row your boat
Gently down the stream,
Merrily merrily merrily merrily,
Life is but a dream.

Seek That

There is a life-force within your soul, seek that life.

There is a gem in the mountain of your body, seek that mine.

O traveler, if you are in search of That

Don't look outside, look inside yourself and seek That. - Rumi

Cup and Ocean

CUP AND OCEAN

These forms we seem to be are cups floating in an ocean of living conciousness.

They fill and sink without leaving an arc of bubbles or any good-bye spray.

What we are is that ocean, too near to see, though we swim in it and drink it in.

Don't be a cup with a dry rim, or someone who rides all night and never knows

the horse beneath his thighs, the surging that carries him along.

- Rumi

Not Intrigued With Evening

Not Intrigued With Evening

What the material world values does

not shine the same in the truth of

the soul.  You have been interested

in your shadow.  Look instead directly

at the sun.  What can we know by just

watching the time-and-space shapes of

each other?  - snippet from Rumi

Rumi on Inner Wakefulness

Though we seem to be sleeping, there is an inner wakefulness that directs the dream and that will eventually startle us back to the truth of who we are. - Rumi

Rumi on Yearning

There is a candle in your heart,
ready to be kindled.
There is a void in your soul,
ready to be filled.
You feel it, don't you?
You feel the separation
from the Beloved.
Invite Him to fill you up,
embrace the fire.
Remind those who tell you otherwise that
Love
comes to you of its own accord,
and the yearning for it
cannot be learned in any school.

- Rumi (From http://soly.st/Rumi.html)

Rumi on Quietude

"Let the water settle; you will see the moon and stars mirrored in your being." --Jelaluddin Rumi