A Little RUMI for you Lovers out there...
There is many a one whose eye is awake, yet whose heart is asleep. In the end, what can creatures made of water and clay ever see?
The one who keeps his heart awake, though the eye of his head yet sleeps - such a heart will open 100 eyes!
If you're not in possession of an opened heart yet, then remain awake in study throughout the night. Look for that heart that can open, and struggle against your earthly desires.
If your heart is always awake, then rest in peace, for your inner eye is never dimmed from seeing the world around it.
The description of an awakened heart, O spiritual being, could not be accomplished even in thousands of verses!
Mathnawi III, 1222-1225, 1228
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