Let yourself
be silently DRAWN
by the stronger PULL
of what you really LOVE.
~ Jalal ad-din Rumi
-Translated by Coleman Barks.
When the earth, moon and sun all align,
the pull of gravitational forces is so strong,
it draws the oceans to those heavenly bodies
which reflect and carry
a magnificent light.
Do the oceans resist
or doubt their attraction?
Do they rely on reason or logic
to instruct them on how to get close
to an attraction they cannot oppose?
They follow the flow of what
God made for them.
This is their nature,
their divine destiny.
Rumi also wrote,
“You are not a drop in the ocean.
You are the ocean in a drop.”
Like the earth, your body is 70-75% water,
pulled like the oceans to the magnificent light.
It is your nature, your divine destiny,
to be drawn by the pull of a love
you carry deep within your own heart.
Why ask why or how or what?
We are made to love the One
Who draws us near.
Let yourself be silently drawn
by the stronger pull
of What you really love.
There’s no sense in denying a love so great.
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