S That Speak W AT E R O F T H E Ⅵ AT E R Day and night the Sea throws up froth. You see the foaming surface, but not the Sea. Amazing. We are dashing against each other like boats: our eyes are darkened though we're in clear water. Asleep in the body's skiff, we float, unaware Of the Water Of the water. The water has a Water that is driving it; the spirit has a Spirit that is calling it. MATHNAWI III, 1271 ー 1274 は ra 信 t り K 訪汁 H 襯ⅲ s Ⅲれ / Camille H 砿ⅲ )

2 The 石 go A ⅲ川 HERE ARE THREE KINDS OF BEINGS. Thefirst are the angels, whO are pure intelligence. lt is their nature and means Of sustenance tO be obedient worshipful, and constantly mindful. That is what they feed on and live by, like a fish in water, whose life is of the water and whose bed and pillow are the water. Angels are not obliged t0 d0 what they d0. Since they are abstract and free from lust, what favor do they incur for not being lustful or not having car- nal desires? Being pure, they do not have t0 struggle against conceivmg passions. If they perform acts Of obedience, they are not counted as such because such is their nature and they cannot be otherwise. The second kind are the animals, who are pure instinct and have no conscious WiII. They are alSO under no moral obligation like poor man, whO is a mixture ( ) 「 intelligence and lust. Half 0f him is an- gelic and half animal. Half serpent and half fish, his fish pulls him toward the water and his serpent t0- ward the dust. They are in a constant tug-of-war. He

22 T 日 E R U M ー C 0 L L E C T ー O 、 MATHNAWI し 1702 ( ) tongue, YOII are alSO an endless disease. ( ) tongue, YOII are an endless treasure. MATHNAWII, 1336 and without will, even water becomes fire. With will, fire becomes sweet water; MATHNAWII, 1 引 9 , 1328 "The faithful are mirrors to one another. ' As the Prophet said, are your own nature reflected in them. Many of the faults you see in others, dear reader,

132 T 日 E R し M ー C ( ) L L E C T IO N Camille 日〃ⅲ s ) (tra / 翻いわ汁日Ⅲⅲ s Ⅲ MATHNAWIIII, 43 屮ー 4399 We are lts, and lt is ours. Water: This thirst in our souls is the magnetism of the drink me? ” The water is calling, Where is the one who will The thirsty man is moaning, () delicious water! hand. NO sound of clapping comes forth from only one there is no doubt that God has love for you. heart, When love for God has been doubled in your in that heart. has shOt intO this heart, know that there is love When the lightning of love for the beloved and pleasing. while the love of loved ones makes them shapely bowstring, but the love oflovers makes the body thin as a seeking; No lover seeks union without the beloved also their light mingles. Though two earthenware lamps are not joined, they are not separate or far from each other. Surely there is a window from heart to heart: T H E W I N D O W B E TW E E N H E A RT S

77 尾 Co 川卩日Ⅲ 1 れ襯 149 we lengthen it, and sometimes we shorten it. Al- though we were at first of the very earth and the same nature as it, GOd elevated us through that power. Now, why should it be strange if God elevates one Of our species, in t() Whom are like inanimate objects? He has control and is aware of us while we are unaware ()f him. The sheikh is the root of spiritual joy. The oceans of joy are with him. How could he harbor hatred or selfish interests with regard to anvone? God forbid! He speaks out of compassion and empathy about all GOd's servants. What other interest could he possi- bly have in these "locusts" and 、 frogs"? What are these beggars in relation to one whO possesses such magnanimity? ls it not said that the Water of Life is in dark earth? The darkness is the body of the saints, where the Water of Life is. The Water of Life can be found only in the darkness. If you hate the darkness and find it distasteful, how will you find the Water of Life? . ln order to succeed in learning anything worthwhile, wouldn't you have tO endure sufferings and acts con- trary t0 your will? How then would it be if you were tO want tO acquire eternal, everlasting life, which is the station 0 「 the saints? Do you think that in that case you would not suffer anything you dislike, or have tO abandon anything you possess? . But you won't tolerate the simplest thing you are advised to do. You may hate something even if it is good for you.

TH E R U M ー C ( ) L L E C T ー O N T H E S O U N D O F WAT E R I N T H E E A R S O F T H E T H I R S TY The real work belongs to someone who desires God and has severed himself from every other work. The rest are like children who play together untilit gets dark for these few short days. Or like someone who awakes and springs up, still drowsy, and then is lulled back to sleep by the suggestion of an evil nurse: Go to sleep, my darling, I won't let anyone disturb you. If you are wise, you, yourself, will tear up your slumber by the roots, like the thirsty man who heard the noise of the water. G0d says to you, I am the sound of water in the ears of the thirsty; I am rain falling from heaven. Spring up, lover, ShOW some excitement! How can you hear the sound of water and then fall back asleep! MATHNAWI Ⅵ , 586 ー 592 は ra 扉翻い K 訪汁 H ⅲ燃た Camille H ⅲ燃ん )

228 T H E R し M ー C ( ) L L E C T IO N T H E E M P TY H E A R T Water in the boat is the ruin of the boat, but water under the boat is its support. Since Solomon cast the desire for wealth out from his heart, he didn't call himself by any name but poor. The stoppered jar, though ⅲ rough water, floated because of its empty heart. When the wind of poverty is ⅲ anyone, she floats in peace on the waters Of this world. MATHNAWII, 985 ー 988 は ra / 襯い K 訪汁 H 襯ⅲ s Ⅲ Camille H 襯ⅲ s ) T H E G U E S T H O U S E Darling, the body is a guest house; every mormng someone arnves. Don't say, O, another weight around my neck!" or your guest will fly back t0 nothingness ・ Whatever enters your heart is a guest from the invisible world: entertain it well. Every day, and every moment, a thought comes like an honored guest intO your heart. My soul, regard each thought as a person, for every person's value is in the thought they hold.

Praise, G / 0 り , に 5 Rise up! The Painter of Eternity has set to work one more time T() trace miraCLllOLlS figures on the crazy curtain of the world. God has lit a fire to burn the heart of the umverse, The Sun of God has the East for a heart; the splendor of that East lrradiates at all moments the son ofAdam: Jesus, son of Mary. は ra / い , A れ市 , 日Ⅲ 1 , ) Water and clay, when fed on the breath of Jesus, spread wings, became a bird and flew. Your praise of God is a breath from your body of water and clay. Make it a bird of paradise by breathing intO it your heart's sincerity MATHNAWII, 866 ー 867 (tra / い Kabir 日襯ⅲ s た朝 C 田ⅲ日浦ⅲん )

216 T 日 E R U M ー C 0 L L E C T ー O N Ⅵ / 引襯日日ⅵの は ra 燃 / い Camille 日川ⅲ s ⅲ市 the Truth through every veil. O lVlaster! Your exalted soul has seen purely by Spirit you' 旧 )e ruled. Freed of any method, the need for sand disappears; for once you ve washed in that stream, drought dispelled, There, bathe in abundance, tO the Garden Love encompasses. tO the place where living waters flow, the one who calls me guide From the desertl will guide but for the traveler sand abounds. ()ften in the desert, water iS unseen, Listen tO the truth the wise reveal— Do you know why, O faithfulones? and still it continues. the Prophet gave this rule to those ⅲ need, sand suffices— When you have no cleansing water, W H E N S A N D S U F F I C E S

月 0 〃ⅲ g 市に Chickpeas B O I L N I C E LY N O Ⅵみ Look at the chickpea ⅲ the pot, how it leaps up when it feels the fire. 141 WhiIe boiling, it continually rises to the top and cries, Why are you setting the fire under me? Since you bought me, why are you turning me upside down?" The housewife keeps hitting it with theladle. 。、 No!" she says, boil nicely now, and don'tleap away from the one who makes the fire. lt's not because you are hatefulto me that I boil YOLI' but so that you might gain flavor, and become nutritious and mingle with essential spirit. This affliction is not because you are despised. When you were green and fresh, you were drinking water in the garden ・ that water-drinking was for the sake of this fire. MATHNAWIIII, 4159 ー 4165 (tra 〃 s / い K 訪汁日ⅲた祠 Camille 日川ⅲ s 朝 )