June 7th, 2010
RADIANCE
If ten lamps are in one place,
each differs in form from another;
yet you can’t distinguish whose radiance is
whose
when you focus on the light.
In the field of spirit there is no division;
no individuals exist.
Sweet is the oneness of the Friend with
His friends.
Catch hold of spirit.
Help this headstrong self disintegrate;
that beneath it you may discover unity,
like a buried treasure.
From A Daybook of Spiritual Guidance 365 Selections from Rumi’s Mathnawi, translated by Camille and Kabir Helminski
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