23 October 2007

Longing

Some 1,200 years after the crucifixion Rumi, the Persian poet, wrote:

Longing is the core of mystery
Longing itself brings the cure
The only rule is:
suffer the pain.

Your desire must be disciplined
and what you want to happen in time,
sacrificed.

Well, 900 years after those words, I'm beginning to understand...