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Hello Rumi Tuesday! Sunlight fell upon the wall…

Last updated on: March 14, 2017 at 4:09 am by Mastura Debra Graugnard

Hello Rumi Tuesday! Sunlight fell upon the wall… 2017-03-12T00:09:54-05:00 Mastura Debra Graugnard

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Young tabby cat lying on the wall and looking up, sunbathing.

Sunlight fell upon the wall;

the wall received a borrowed splendor.

Why set your heart on a piece of earth,

O simple one?

Seek out the source

which shines forever.

by Jelaluddin Rumi,
translated by Coleman Barks

Everything in the physical world

reflects the light of The One.

We look to the world to find answers to our dilemmas,

to find truth, to find love.

As Rumi says, why stop with a piece of earth

when you can turn directly to your Source?

Know the truth of what you seek.

Enjoy the borrowed splendor that falls upon you,

but seek the Source which shines upon you and from within you.

Seek the Essence of the One.

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