There's a sweetness,
A gentle scent of love that flows effortlessly from an open heart.
Like a soft breeze carrying the fragrance of blossoms,
Rumi's poetry is imbued with this sweetness.
His words overflow with divine bounty.
They organically clear the weeds of worry and fertilize the soil of our tender hearts as they unite us to nurture the seeds of divinity that reside within us.
Today,
Through his poetry,
Rumi is extending an invitation to become a farmer of our own hearts and to tenderly care for our hearts with sacred remembrance.
Because as we do,
We open ourselves to a harvest of boundless love and the profound sweetness that comes from an awakened heart.
Now,
As we begin,
Settle into this space of tenderness within,
And with every word you hear,
Allow your heart to blossom and take you deeper into the harvest of your heart so you may receive its divine bounty.
When you enter the garden of the heart,
You become fragrant like the rose.
When you fly towards heaven,
You become graceful like the angel.
Your heart knows the way.
Run in that direction,
Where the beloved lives in you.
For only from the heart can you touch the sky.
Your heart,
Beloved,
Is the size of an ocean.
Go on and find yourself in its hidden depths.
Your heart is the secret inside the secret.
Your heart is the sea into which the pearls of all these secrets are cast.
And when you speak,
Do not break anyone's heart,
For that is where God lives.
The beauty of your heart is your lasting beauty.
Its lips give to drink the waters of life.
Listen now.
Listen with the ears of your heart.
Feel with the hands of your soul.
See with the eyes of the spirit,
For when the body,
Mind,
And heart are one,
The world becomes your playground.
Listen.
Oh,
Listen to the voice of your heart,
For it speaks only of beauty and love.
And the quieter you become,
The more you're able to hear.
For there's a voice that doesn't use words.
Listen.
Your heart has its own language.
It knows a hundred thousand ways to speak.
Knock upon the door of your heart,
And he'll open the door.
Vanish,
And he'll make you shine like the sun.
Fall,
And he'll raise you to the heavens.
Become nothing,
And he'll turn you into everything.
For your task is not to seek for love,
But merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.
For you have within you more love than you could ever understand.
Now,
Before you re-enter the day,
Close your eyes,
Fall in love,
And stay there.
For a spirit that lives in this world,
And does not wear the shirt of love,
Such an existence is a deep disgrace.
Be foolishly in love today,
Because love is all there is.
There is no way into presence,
Except through a love exchange.
Now,
With every breath you breathe,
Remember to be a farmer of your heart today.
Plant the seeds of devotion,
And reflect that divine bounty back into the world.
Sharing love's gentle light with all you meet.
