Quote from Mevlana Rumi:
Little by little, wean yourself.
This is the gist of what I have to say.
From an embryo whose nourishment comes in the blood,
move to an infant drinking milk,
to a child on solid food,
to a searcher after wisdom,
to a hunter of invisible game.
Simimal Quotes:
Mevlana Rumi
Since in order to speak, one must first listen, learn to speak by listening.
Mevlana Rumi
O, happy the soul that saw its own faults.
Mevlana Rumi
There is no worse sickness for the soul, o you who are proud, than this pretense of perfection.
Robert Cooper
It is heartening to realize that although we may crave comfort and routine, we nourish the soul’s growth primarily through what is hard. As Darwin saw it, it’s not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but those who are most responsive to change.
Mevlana Rumi
Revile those who flatter you.
Mevlana Rumi
Know that a word suddenly shot from the tongue is like an arrow shot from the bow. Son, that arrow won't turn back on its way; you must damn the torrent at its source.
Mevlana Rumi
No prayer is complete without presence.
Mevlana Rumi
Looking up gives light, although at first it makes you dizzy.
Mevlana Rumi
Burdens are the foundations of ease and bitter things the forerunners of pleasure.
Mevlana Rumi
"Beware! Don't allow yourself to do what you know is wrong, relying on the thought, Later I will repent and ask God's forgiveness.'"
Mevlana Rumi
Stay with friends who support you in these. Talk with them about sacred texts, and how you are doing, and how they are doing, and keep your practices together.
