This Silence which causes you annoyance Is uttering cries of love audible to the spiritual.

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This Silence which causes you annoyance Is uttering cries of love audible to the spiritual. You say, "How strange the spiritual man is silent!" He answers, "How strange you have no ears! Though I utter cries, you hear them not; Sensual ears, however sharp, are deaf to my cries."

Source Masnavi, Book VI, Story IX, §21 · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to Rumi, the silence of the spiritual man is not empty: it is a cry of love that only those who listen with the heart can hear, not with the ears of the senses. Today, spend a moment with someone without speaking, and listen to what this shared silence tells you.

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