Saaxiib Qurux Badan

For ages you have come and gone
courting this delusion.
For ages you have run from the pain
and forfeited the ecstasy.
So come, return to the root of the root
of your own soul.

Although you appear in earthly form
Your essence is pure Consciousness.
You are the fearless guardian
of Divine Light.
So come, return to the root of the root
of your own soul.

. . . Why are you so enchanted by this world
when a mine of gold lies within you?
Open your eyes and come –
Return to the root of the root
of your own soul.

– Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī
Excerpted from “We Can See the Truth In Your Eyes”
from Rumi: In the Arms of the Beloved
– Translations by Jonathan Star
Teacher/Putnam, 2000

See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• The Soul Within the Soul
• The Source Is Within You
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan – July 14, 2019
• Adnan . . . Amidst Mississippi Reflections and Forest Green
• Adnan . . . with Sunset Reflections and Jet Trail
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan – April 16, 2019
• In This In-Between Time . . .
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan – March 29, 2019

Image: Saaxiib Qurux Badan (“Beautiful Friend”), Saint Paul, MN – Michael J. Bayly (7/15/19).