Sit with your friends; don’t go back to sleep.
Don’t sink like a fish to the bottom of the sea.
Surge like an ocean, don’t scatter yourself like a storm.
Life’s waters flow from darkness. Search the darkness, don’t run from it.
Night travelers are full of light, and you are, too; don’t leave this companionship.
Be a wakeful candle in a golden dish, don’t slip into the dirt like quicksilver.
The moon appears for night travelers, be watchful when the moon is full.
Poem by RUMI
REFLECTION:
- Do you run from darkness? Try to escape what you fear?
- What if you could embrace the darkness?
- Everyone has a dark/shadow side that they often try to repress or hide from others. Yet RUMI is encouraging us to search the darkness. Sit with friends and travel companions.
- Light awaits.