Become Sacred!

Seven hundred years ago Mevlana Rumi asked; "After saying the name of the Divine so many times, haven't you been able to 'become' the Divine? After reading the Sacred Book so many times, haven't you been able to 'become' the Sacred Book?" Why did he say these words?
If you have entered the litany with love of the Divine, you should know that you are master of the litany; it is from you to you; you have been overcome by it.
 If you read the Sacred Book without love, you can't become sacred. You can't become what the Book expresses; you can't become the living Book. This path leads to the human being, not anywhere else. Man represents the whole universe!...(to be continued)
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