Ruminating with Rumi
My life in form is of my own making. The body is the host. I am the guest. The host receives the guest and responds to its needs. Where is harmony in the relationship? Play to the host. There is no fault in the host, or in the guest. Ignorance exists but is not real. It comes from fear that the host will not be there to serve you. You are the guest. Serve the host in harmony without fear. Ignorance will give way to joy. In joy, all is served. Bring joy into the world.
You guard against pain and sorrow while seeking pleasure and happiness. One cannot be without the other in the world of separation. To find pleasure is to reveal pain. With happiness comes sorrow. Sometimes one appears as the other as you revel in your pain and sink into your sorrows. Pain and sorrow can give false pleasure and happiness when you cannot find them elsewhere. Somehow, one becomes the other. Think about it. Where are your attachments? What do you cling to the most? Are you attached to pain and sorrow? Do they give you comfort? To suffer is the way of the world. Do not seek this and that for comfort. Remember twia. Twia reveals the way of the path. Your eyes do not see alone. Twia is the vision you seek. Twia is the voice you hear calling. Once on the road, do not look back. Suspend judgment. Give up hope. Neither serves you now. Twia keeps you on the straight and narrow.
To remember twia is to return to the natural flow of your true nature. Then you are in rhythm with the whole of the all. You hold peace of heart in all situations. The quiet nature of the room within precedes all worldly thoughts and emotions. Your quiet nature becomes your practice. To live from the room within is to bring joy and peace into the world without desire or expectation.