Ruminating with Rumi
Revelation lies in silence. From silence comes all knowledge. To know is to sit in the still darkness of the room within. Through the grace of your own true nature, the light of wisdom is revealed.
There is a dance in the night skies between the moon and Venus. Their dancing is the flowing grace of the universe in motion. They glide across the heavens, night after night, in rhythmic unity. Like the night sky, your life displays a sequence of moments across time. Each is neither better nor worse if lived mindfully without judgment or hope.
To be in the moment is to touch the eternal. The eternal holds neither change nor time. Do not turn to pleasure and pain, happiness and sorrow to find your way. You will end up lost in the billowing dust of the world where you cannot see your way, only to fall into the wayside brambles or to be distracted by roadside attractions, where you stop with curious expectations. But each attraction is short lasting. You buy this and eat that in hopes of assuaging desire. You have no answers, only hope. The mystery lies hidden. What is hidden is your true nature. Your seed is buried deep in the ground of goodness covered in winter snow. The secret of winter snow is the promise of green shoots. Your seed is the secret inside the mystery of existence. Find blessing in not knowing. Push through the ground. Rise to greet the warmth of spring. You have inner knowledge. Give up on yourself. The seed within is your destiny. Let your tears fall upon the snow. Let it all melt into the ground to nourish the seed within. The warmth of your tears will soften the soil. Up from the ground comes new life. You are being drawn to the surface by grace. It is time to open. You are a moment in existence that is aware and awakened. You have touched the eternal and found your way out of darkness.