Ruminating with Rumi
Empty yourself into the ocean. It will return your gift ten-fold. You are the flowing of the water. Follow the river running through you. It knows the way to the sea. To be empty is to be whole, complete, perfect, eternal. Emptiness is your true nature. Emptiness fills the heavens. Step into its flow. It is the energy of existence. The ocean of emptiness will receive you. Spill your emptiness into its waters. What is contained in you is contained in all. It cannot be held in secret. Shatter yourself. Break open. Reveal the treasure within. Your secret is held by all.
You do not see your treasure. You look upon yourself as a thorn in search of the rose. You want to be what you are not. You are the dregs of wine. Pour yourself into the river. Stop looking for miracles. Jesus cannot save you. You are the one. He told you this. Why is it that you do not listen? You keep looking outside yourself. Turn within. See your own true nature. You are the treasure. You are the rose. Your beauty is the emptiness of existence.