The Pull of Reality (Rumi)
Written by abuturab // May 1, 2012 // Poetry & Fiction // Comments Off
"Reality is what grabs hold of you
and pulls you away from mere things.
Reality is not what makes you blind and deaf
and causes you to cling more tightly.
The spiritually blind imagine things
that only increase their suffering;
the fancies of selflessness
are what comes to the eyes of visionaries."
(Mathnawi II: 720-722)
