Sugar Accordingly To Your Faith and Sincerity
If it were to come down upon me all at once, I would dissolve and vanish away.
There is no end to words, but they are given according to the capacity of the seeker. Wisdom is like the rain. Its supply is unlimited, but it comes down according to what the occasion requires—in winter and spring, in summer and autumn, always in due measure, more or less, but the source of that rain is the oceans itself, which has no limits.
Druggists put sugar or drugs in a twist of paper, but sugar is not limited by the amount in the paper. If the stocks of sugar and the stocks of drugs are unlimited and unbounded; how can a piece of paper contain them?
Some people uttered taunts at Mohammed, saying, “Why does the Koran come down upon you word by word? Why not chapter by chapter?” Mohammed answered, “What do these fools say? If it were to come down upon me all at once, I would dissolve and vanish away.” Those who truly understand a little, understand much; of one thing, many things; of one line, whole volumes. It is like when a group is seated listening to a story, but one woman knows all the circumstances, having been there when it occurred. From the first hint she understands it all. She turns pale, then crimson, changing from one feeling to another. The others understand only as much as they hear, since they do not know what really happened. But the one who knows understands the whole story from even a few words. To return:
Someone brings a string of camels, they call the weighmen to be help. So, someone comes along whom oceans do not satisfy; another finds a few drops enough
When you come to the druggist, They have sugar in abundance. But they see how much money you brought, and give accordingly. By “money” is meant sincerity and faith. The words are imparted according to one’s sincerity and faith. When you come seeking sugar, they examine your bag to see what its capacity is, then they measure out accordingly, one bushel or two. But if someone brings a string of camels, they call the weighmen to be help. So, someone comes along whom oceans do not satisfy; another finds a few drops enough and any more would be harmful. This applies not only to the world of ideas, sciences and wisdom. It is true of everything. Property, wealth, gold, all are unbounded and infinite, but they are imparted according to the capacity of the individual. Who could support an endless supply without being driven mad? Do you not see how Majnun and Farhad, and the other famous lovers, took to the mountain and desert for the love of a woman, when they were filled with a passion beyond their power to control? Do you not see how Pharaoh, when empire and wealth were showered upon him without end, laid claim to being a god?
Fihi Ma Fihi - Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi - Discourse 6
There is no end to words, but they are given according to the capacity of the seeker. Wisdom is like the rain. Its supply is unlimited, but it comes down according to what the occasion requires—in winter and spring, in summer and autumn, always in due measure, more or less, but the source of that rain is the oceans itself, which has no limits.
Druggists put sugar or drugs in a twist of paper, but sugar is not limited by the amount in the paper. If the stocks of sugar and the stocks of drugs are unlimited and unbounded; how can a piece of paper contain them?
Some people uttered taunts at Mohammed, saying, “Why does the Koran come down upon you word by word? Why not chapter by chapter?” Mohammed answered, “What do these fools say? If it were to come down upon me all at once, I would dissolve and vanish away.” Those who truly understand a little, understand much; of one thing, many things; of one line, whole volumes. It is like when a group is seated listening to a story, but one woman knows all the circumstances, having been there when it occurred. From the first hint she understands it all. She turns pale, then crimson, changing from one feeling to another. The others understand only as much as they hear, since they do not know what really happened. But the one who knows understands the whole story from even a few words. To return:
Someone brings a string of camels, they call the weighmen to be help. So, someone comes along whom oceans do not satisfy; another finds a few drops enough
When you come to the druggist, They have sugar in abundance. But they see how much money you brought, and give accordingly. By “money” is meant sincerity and faith. The words are imparted according to one’s sincerity and faith. When you come seeking sugar, they examine your bag to see what its capacity is, then they measure out accordingly, one bushel or two. But if someone brings a string of camels, they call the weighmen to be help. So, someone comes along whom oceans do not satisfy; another finds a few drops enough and any more would be harmful. This applies not only to the world of ideas, sciences and wisdom. It is true of everything. Property, wealth, gold, all are unbounded and infinite, but they are imparted according to the capacity of the individual. Who could support an endless supply without being driven mad? Do you not see how Majnun and Farhad, and the other famous lovers, took to the mountain and desert for the love of a woman, when they were filled with a passion beyond their power to control? Do you not see how Pharaoh, when empire and wealth were showered upon him without end, laid claim to being a god?
Fihi Ma Fihi - Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi - Discourse 6
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