A King Inside Who Listens There are many people with their… - Rumi

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A King Inside Who Listens

There are many people with their eyes open
whose hearts are shut. What do they see?
Matter.

But someone whose love is alert,
even if the eyes go to sleep,
he or she will be waking up thousands of others.

If you are not one of those light-filled lovers,
restrain your desire-body's intensity.
Put limits on how much you eat
and how long you lie down.

But if you are awake here in the chest,
sleep long and soundly.

Your spirit will be out roaming and working,
even on the seventh level.

Muhammad says, I close my eyes and rest in sleep,
but my love never needs rest.

The guard at the gate drowses.
The king stays awake.

You have a king inside who listens
for what delights the soul.

That king's wakefulness
cannot be described in a poem.

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Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi (جلال‌الدین محمد رومی) Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Balkhi (جلال‌الدین محمد بلخى)‎ (30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273) was an Afghan philosopher, theologian, poet, teacher, and founder of the Mevlevi (or Mawlawi) order of Sufism; also known as Mevlana (Our Guide), Jalaluddin Rumi, or simply Rumi.

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Pen Names: خاموش

Native Name: جلال‌الدین مُحمَّد بلخی

Alternative Names: Jalāluddīn Balkhī Rumī • Jalaladdin Rumi • Jalāluddīn Muḥammad Balkhī Rūmī • Jalāl ad-Dīn ar-Rūmī • Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Balkhī • Jalāladdīn Rūmī • Rūmī • Jalal-e Din Rumi • Jallal ed-Din Muhammad Balkhy • Mawlana Rumi • Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī • Jelaluddin Rumi • Mowlana • Mawlana • Maulana • Mevlevi • Mawlawi • Mevlana • Jalaluddin Rumi • Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi • Jalāl-ad-dīn Rūmī • Jalâloddin Mohammad Rumi

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نه شرقییم، نه غربییم نه بییم، نه بحرییم
نه از کان طبیعیم، نه از افلاک گردانم

نه از خاکم، نه از آبم، نه از بادم، نه از آتش
نه از عرشم، نه از فرشم، نه از کونم، نه از کانم

نه از هندم، نه از چینم، نه از بلغار و صقسینم
نه از ملک عراقینم نه از خاک خراسانم

نه از دنیی، نه ازعقبی، نه از جنت، نه از دوزخ
نه از آدم، نه از حوا، نه از فردوس رضوانم

مکانم لا مکان باشد، نشانم بی نشان باشد
نه تن باشد، نه جان باشد، که من از جان جانانم

Hear this if you can:
If you want to reach him
You have to go beyond yourself
And when you finally arrive at the land of absence
Be silent
Don’t say a thing
Ecstasy, not words, is the language spoken there

Your acts of kindness are iridescent wings of divine love, which linger and continue to uplift others long after your sharing.

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