The Road To The House

Did I not say to you, “Go not there, for I am your friend; in this mirage of annihilation I am the fountain of life?”
Even though in anger you depart a hundred thousand years from me, in the end you will come to me, for I am your goal.
Did I not say to you, “Be not content with worldly forms, for I am the fashioner of the tabernacle of your contentment?”
Did I not say to you, “I am the sea and you are a single fish; go not to dry land, for I am your crystal sea?”
Did I not say to you, “Go not like birds to the snare; come, for I am the power of flight and your wings and feet?”
Did I not say to you, “They will waylay you and make you cold, for I am the fire and warmth and heat of your desire?”
Did I not say to you, “They will implant in you ugly qualities so that you will forget that I am the source of purity to you?”
Did I not say to you, “Do not say from what direction the servant’s affairs come into order?” I am the Creator without directions.
If you are the lamp of the heart, know where the road is to the house; and if you are godlike of attribute, know that I am your Master.

Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi (Mystical poems of Rumi- A.J. Arberry)