Eat the words of wisdom, for veiled light Is not accepted in preference to unveiled light.

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When you obtain salvation at God's hands, O wanderer, You are free from the mire, and go your way. When the suckling is weaned from its nurse, It eats strong meats and leaves the nurse. You are bound to the bosom of earth like seeds, Strive to be weaned through nutriment of the heart. Eat the words of wisdom, for veiled light Is not accepted in preference to unveiled light.

Source Masnavi, Book III, Story V, §3 · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to Rumi, just as the infant eventually leaves milk for stronger food, the soul is called to feed on the “nourishment of the heart”: words of wisdom, which free it from the mire and help it move forward. Today, choose a word of wisdom, read it in the morning and come back to it three times during the day, as one takes a meal.

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