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One day, according to legend, Rumi was reading next to a large stack of books. Shams Tabriz, passing by, asked him, What are you doing?"
Rumi scoffingly replied, Something you cannot understand (i.e. knowledge that cannot be understood by the unlearned.) On hearing this, Shams threw the stack of books into a nearby pool of water.
Rumi rescued the books and to his surprise they were all dry.
Rumi then asked Shams, What is this?
To which Shams replied, 'Mowlana, this is what you cannot understand (i.e. knowledge that cannot be understood by the learned.)
Shams forty observations about the nature of love and God, can be read together (fine but a bit left brain, a bit ʻlearned' as Shams might say)
Or discretely, each a starting-point for reflection (more right brain, letting the mind wander laterally and make connections).
Like life, and love, learning is not a race to the finish, but a voyage to the start.
For Consumption, Contemplative and Inner Birthing
Rule 1
How we see God is a direct reflection of how we see ourselves; we don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.
If God brings to mind mostly fear and blame, it means there is too much fear and blame welled inside us.
If we see God as full of love and compassion, so are we.
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