Saturday, January 3, 2009

I Am He

What can be done, O believers, as I don't recognize myself? 
I'm neither a Christian nor Jew, Magian nor Moslem. 
I'm not of the East or West; neither land nor sea; 
I'm not of Nature's mine; nor the stars in Heaven. 
I'm not of earth, water, air or fire; 
I'm not of Heaven, nor the dust on this carpet. 
I'm not of India, China, Bulgaria nor Saqsin; 
I'm not of the kingdom of Iraq, nor Khorasan. 
I'm not of this world, nor the next, Paradise nor Hell; 
I'm not of Adam, nor Eve, Eden nor Rizwan. 
My place is in the Placeless, my trace in the Traceless; 
I'm neither body nor soul, as I belong to the soul of the Beloved. 
I have dispensed with duality, and seen the two worlds as One. 
One I seek; One I know, One I see, One I call 
He is the first, last, the outward and the inward, 
I know none other than He, and He Who Is. 

Jalaluddin Rumi


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