Showing posts with label Rumi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rumi. Show all posts

Saturday, March 8, 2008

The Good Root

This is always nice to read and remember, from Rumi....

Are you fleeing from Love because of a single humiliation?
What do you know of Love except the name?

Love has a hundred forms of pride and disdain,
and is gained by a hundred means of persuasion.

Since Love is loyal, it purchases one who is loyal:
it has no interest in a disloyal companion.

The human being resembles a tree; its root is a covenant with God:
that root must be cherished with all one’s might.

A weak covenant is a rotten root, without grace or fruit.
Though the boughs and leaves of the date palm are green,
greenness brings no benefit if the root is corrupt.

If a branch is without green leaves, yet has a good root,
a hundred leaves will put forth their hands in the end