Hello Rumi Tuesday! Just because you can’t drink all that falls…

My teacher and guide, Shaykh Muhammad al-Jamal,

used to say in his broken English,

“Not eat the apple in one bite!”

Once we get a taste of the sweetness,

we can’t help but want more.

We thirst for the knowing

of the Ocean of Truth,

of What is Real,

and the Wisdom sends us drops –

only what we can take in

without drowning,

and still at times

the thirst is temporarily quenched.

Even the sprinklings are enough

for us to lose ourselves

in the Essence of the One.