You are the only faithful student you have.
All the others leave eventually.
yourself shallow
with making others eminent?
when you're in union,
you don't have to fear
that you'll be drained.
and you feel the ocean
moving through you.
Be silent,
as when the rain stops,
and the trees in the orchard
begin to draw moisture
up into themselves.
–Rumi
Mathnawi, V, 3195-3219)
Coleman Barks version
http://peacefullpresence.blogspot.com/2015/04/just-remember.html
What Is
to
Simply Be
ew
GODSEED
You are the only faithful student you have.
All the others leave eventually.
Have you been making
yourself shallow
with making others eminent?
Just remember,
when you're in union,
you don't have to fear
that you'll be drained.
The command comes to speak,
and you feel the ocean
moving through you.
Then comes,
Be silent,
as when the rain stops,
and the trees in the orchard
begin to draw moisture
up into themselves.
–Rumi
Mathnawi, V, 3195-3219)
Coleman Barks version
http://peacefullpresence.blogspot.com/2015/04/just-remember.html