Flow Down And Down In Always Widening

Everyone Is So Afraid Of Death, But The Real Sufis Just Laugh: Nothing Tyrannizes Their Hearts. What Strikes The Oyster Shell Does Not Damage The Pearl

Load The Ship And Set Out. No One Knows For Certain Whether The Vessel Will Sink Or Reach The Harbor. Cautious People Say, 'i'll Do Nothing Until I Can Be Sure.' Merchants Know Better. If You Do Nothing, You Lose. Don't Be One Of Those Merchants Who Wont Risk The Ocean.

I Was A Tiny Bug. Now A Mountain. I Was Left Behind. Now Honored At The Head. You Healed My Wounded Hunger And Anger, And Made Me A Poet Who Sings About Joy.

Little By Little, Wean Yourself. This Is The Gist Of What I Have To Say. From An Embryo Whose Nourishment Comes In The Blood, Move To An Infant Drinking Milk, To A Child On Solid Food, To A Searcher After Wisdom, To A Hunter Of Invisible Game.

Let Yourself Be Loved, O Beloved, In The One. And From This One Move Out Into The World, Carrying Within You The Great Potent Energies Of Life To Green Your World, To Create Planets, Suns, Stars, Stones, Waves, Oceans, To Create New Forms Of Life And Expression - Whether A Friendship, A Feeling Or A New Form Of Vocation.