Man Of Appearance’s Predestination

The man of appearance is misled by the form of the expressions used in the Mathnawí, while they guide the man of reality (to the Truth). 

 Bodies are like pots with the lids on: look and see what is in each pot. The pot of that body is filled with the Water of Life; the pot of this body is filled with the poison of death. If you keep your eye fixed on its contents, you are a (spiritual) king; but if you regard its vessel, you are misguided. Know that words resemble this body and that their inward meaning resembles the soul. The bodily eye is always seeing the body; the spiritual eye sees the artful (elusive) soul. Therefore the man of appearance is misled by the form of the expressions used in the Mathnawí, while they guide the man of reality (to the Truth). He (God) hath said in the Qur’án, “This Qur’án with all its heart leads some aright and others astray.” God, God! When the gnostic speaks of “wine,” how in the gnostic´s eyes should the (materially) non-existent be a (material) thing Since your understanding is (only of) the Devil´s wine, how should you have any conception of the wine of the Merciful (God) These twain—the minstrel and the wine—are partners: this one quickly leads to that, and that one to this. MASNAWI - Volume 6, 655