No Expectations | Rumi Poem

This poem by Rumi invites you into a space of pure love, free from expectations, which so often create desire and attachment. Allow yourself to rest in silence, where love simply is.

Mawlana Jalaluddin Mohammad Balkhi, popularly known as "Rumi", is a 13th-century Sufi poet. Today, he is recognised as one of the greatest poets who ever lived, due in part to how his words seem to speak to the Divine.

Photo by Casey Horner.
Translation by Coleman Barks.

Transcript

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 because love is all there is. There is no way into presence except through a love exchange. If someone asks, But what is love? Answer dissolving the will. True freedom comes to those who have escaped the questions of free will and fate. Love is an emperor. The two worlds play across him. He barely notices their tumbling game. Love and lover live in eternity. Other desires are substitutes for that way of being. How long do you lay embracing a corpse? Love, Rather, The soul, Which cannot be held. Anything born in spring dies in the fall. But love is not seasonal. With wine pressed from grapes, Expect a hangover. But this love path has no expectations. You are uneasy riding the body. Dismount, Travel lighter, Wings will be given. Be clear like a mirror reflecting nothing. Be clean of pictures and the worry that comes with images. Gaze into what is not ashamed or afraid of any truth. Contain all human faces in your own without any judgment of them. Be pure emptiness. What is inside that, You ask? Silence is all I can say. Lovers have some secrets that they keep. Www. Mooji. Org

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