Journey to the Mystical City of Rumi

 

Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī - You Can't Get Away

 

You Can't Get Away
You come and go,
look here and pass there.
You capture the hearts of beauties
and carry them away.
Don't try to run away, O heart.
You can't escape from him.
He doesn't open his door until
you become dust at his doorstep.
You can't pick up a rose
until the thorn has pricked you.
You can't get the ruby
if you don't dig in the mountain. 
Unless you dive into the sea, 
you can't find pearls or coral.
Your troubles will stay with you 
until you become God's drunkard. 
You can't capture Joseph of Canaan 
unless you dress up like a wolf.
Too much comfort and good fortune 
make the body soft and clumsy.
Without going through the troubles of religion, 
you cannot reach the glory of faith.
Don't come confused to the earth's bazaar,
and don't leave confused either.
In this business, you can't get this
until you've given that.
What can I do?
Your face became the face of a beggar.
Nothing pleases you.
If you don't act like a heretic,
you can't reach the truth in Islam.

"The suppressed poems of Rumi

on Love, Heresy and Intoxication "

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Eric Baret - "Yoga Dialogues"

 

"When you wait no more, you open up. 

Available, everything you meet has an absolute depth and speaks only to you, 

not as a person: as a resonance. 

There is no such thing as unholy activity. 

Approached without intention, every activity is sacred. 

A goal is always unholy. The goal is tension, agitation; 

it prevents us from deepening what we are doing. 

It is only free from any direction that one can explore an art. "

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