Jalaluddin Rumi Quotes

They Fell To, On The Ground. You've Seen A Baker
rolling Dough. He Kneads It Gently At First,
then More Roughly. He Pounds It On The Board.
It Softly Groans Under His Palms.

Now He Spreads
it Out And Rolls It Flat. Then He Bunches It,
and Rolls It All The Way Out Again,

thin.
Now He Adds Water And Mixes It Well.

Now Salt,
and A Little More Salt. Now He Shapes Itdelicately To Its Final Shape And Slides Itinto The Oven, Which Is Already Hot.
You Remember Breadmaking!

This Is How Your Desire
tangles With A Desired One.

And It's Not Justa Metaphor For A Man And A Woman Making Love.
Warriors In Battle Do This Too.

A Great Mutual Embrace
is Always Happening Between The Eternal
and What Dies, Between Essence And Accident.

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