Thursday, January 1, 2009


God has given us a dark wine so potent that,drinking it, we leave the two worlds.God has put into the form of hashish a powerto deliver the taster from self-consciousness. God has made sleep sothat it erases every thought. God made Majnun love Layla so much thatjust her dog would cause confusion in him.There are thousands of winesthat can take over our minds.Don't think all ecstaciesare the same!Jesus was lost in his love for God.His donkey was drunk with barley. Drink from the presence of saints,not from those other jars. Every object, every being,is a jar full of delight. Be a conoisseur,and taste with caution. Any wine will get you high.Judge like a king, and choose the purest, the ones unadulterated with fear,or some urgency about "what's needed." Drink the wine that moves youas a camel moves when it's been untied,and is just ambling about. --rumi

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