O heart haste thither, for God will shine upon you.

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O heart haste thither, for God will shine upon you, And seem to you a sweet garden instead of a terror. He will infuse into your soul a new soul, So as to fill you, like a goblet, with wine. Take up your abode in His soul! Take up your abode in heaven, O bright full moon!

Source Masnavi, Book II, Story X, §10 · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to Rumi, the Persian Sufi poet, the heart that turns toward God finds not a place of terror but a sweet garden: God pours His light there and infuses “a new soul into your soul”. Today, at a moment when you feel tense or worried, gently turn your heart toward God for a few breaths, as one enters a garden.

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