The Teachings of Rumi Book

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
	The Wine and the Cup	3
	You Are the Macrocosm	4
	Our Soul Was Like the Universe	5
	Return at Last	6
	The Goal Is One	7
	One Light, Different Windows	8
	The Authentic Human Being	9
	Rumi and the Ox	10
	The Moon Is the Same Moon	11
	You Yourself Become Illusion	13
	The Elephant, the Candle, and the Eye of the Sea	14
	Don't Listen to the Trickster	15
	A Quarrel about Grapes	16
	Lift Now the Lid of the Jar of Heaven	17
	The Three Pearls	18
	The Thicker the Veil, the More Valuable the Jewel	20
	Become the Sun Itself	22
	The Real Pilgrimage Is Inward	23
	The Thirsty Man, the Wall, and the Water	24
	False Thinking	26
	The Paradox	27
	The Place of Honor	28
	Busy Yourself with That Head	29
	Taste with Discrimination	30
	You Are Loved by Him	31
	Leave the Vulture Behind	33
	Such a Passion and Longing	34
	The Heart's the Only Real House of Safety	35
	Keep Your Heart Awake	36
	Measuring out the Sugar	37
	Nearness Is of Many Kinds	38
	Keep Moving, Keep Growing	39
	Make Yourself Ready to Do All He Wants	40
	On the Limits of Fatalism	42
	Another Alchemy	44
	On Repentance	46
	More Than One Stage Has to Be Transcended	47
	See to It That You Pray Constantly	49
	The Soul and the Spirit of Prayer	50
	The Pure Name	51
	Your Longing for Me Was My Messenger to You	52
	All through the Night God Is Calling Us	53
	Moses and the Shepherd	54
	True Consciousness	58
	The Sublime Art of Gathering-in	59
	Draw Strength from Reality through Form	60
	Find a Home in the Heights	61
	Be Worthy of My Gifts	62
	The Man of God	63
	Become a Fool	64
	Resurrection	65
	A Life without Love Isn't a Life	69
	Not the Garden but the Gardener	71
	See the Friend Directly	72
	Love is All That Exists	73
	The Soul of Reality	74
	The Root of the Entire Matter	75
	Through Love	76
	Only Love Can Explain Love	77
	The Beloved Is Everything	78
	Secret Ways	79
	Astounding Comfort	80
	Love, the Black Lion	81
	Let Yourself Be Killed by Him	82
	My Heart is "Light upon Light"	83
	Lover and Love Are Only One	84
	Rose Garden after Rose Garden	85
	Love's Intelligences	87
	Look for Passion, Passion, Passion, Passion	88
	Love Makes the Seas Boil Like a Pot	89
	It Itself Becomes Sign	91
	Joy Will Unveil Itself	92
	Destruction Precedes Renewal	97
	Enter the Furnace	99
	The Mystery of Misery	100
	Ordeals by Terror	101
	The Work of Religion Is Astonishment	102
	The Sign	104
	Look for the Happiness of a Supreme Lover	105
	Grief Is Worth More Than the Empire of This World	106
	Prudence	107
	Keep Your Dragon in the Snow	109
	Give the Serpent a Kiss	110
	For Love, Like for a Furnace	111
	Offer Your Life to This Work	112
	A Supreme Grace	113
	Gaze in Wonder at the Infinite Rose Garden	114
	The Housewife and the Chickpea	115
	He Will Not Let You Die	116
	Satan	117
	You Have No Idea What You Are Asking For	119
	Obstacles on the Path	120
	One Small Hair	121
	The Tattoo Artist, the Lion, and the Man of Qazwin	122
	Peace after Long Exile	124
	Never Turn Away from Me	125
	Despair Is a Sin	126
	Praise God and Be Patient	127
	The Serpent	129
	Now Die to Yourself	132
	My Work's to Risk My Head	134
	Heaven Is Made of the Smoke of Hearts	135
	Do Not Despair, My Soul!	136
	The Desert Where Love Appears	137
	Waters Constantly Flowing	141
	Since You Are I, You Who Are Myself	142
	The Rose Garden Has Flowered	143
	O Most Glorified One! O Most Holy One!	144
	She Was Always Referring to Him	146
	Why Would I Not Be Honest?	148
	The Highest Rank	149
	Paradox on Paradox	151
	What Is This Sacred Dance?	152
	The Voluntary Slave	154
	His Rarer Alchemy	155
	Divine Pride	157
	You Will Not Hear One from Me	158
	God Wears Red	159
	Go Further Always	161
	The Direct View	162
	My Burial Ground Will Invite You to Dance	163
	Stage After Stage	164
	Become a Sea	166
	On the First Day of Every Year	167
	Look for the District of Joy	168
	United Tenderly	169
	Reciprocal Loves	170
	Sources	171
	Glossary	172