If the man of reason sees not the state of love, is the blessed moon of love thereby eclipsed?

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But if the child sees not the state of reason, Does the man of reason therefore forsake reason? And if the man of reason sees not the state of love, Is the blessed moon of love thereby eclipsed? The beauty of Joseph was not visible to his brethren; Was it therefore hidden from the eyes of Jacob?

Source Masnavi, Book V, Story VIII, §15 · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to Rumi, what we do not see exists nonetheless: the child does not yet understand reason, and Joseph’s brothers did not see his beauty, which his father Jacob saw with the eyes of love. Today, look at someone around you with Jacob’s eyes and tell them about a quality you see in them that others do not notice.

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