Discourses of Rumi
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Peace people,
Here's a great link from a waterfall of being
http//www.omphaloskepsis.com/ebooks/pdf/discour.pdf
Praise be to GOD. The Unseen beauty of all the seen.
Peace,
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A bowl of poison was brought as a present to
Umar. ?Of what use is this?? he asked.
They said, ?When it is not publicly advisable
to kill someone openly, you can give them a little
of this. Then they will die secretly. If it is an
enemy who cannot be slain with the sword, with
a little of this they can be killed clandestinely.?
?You have brought me a very good thing,? he
said. ?Give it to me to drink, for within me is a
mighty enemy whom the sword cannot reach. I
have no greater enemy in the world than he.?
?There is no need to drink it all up in one
gulp,? they told him. ?Just one sip is enough. This
bowl is sufficient for a hundred thousand people.?
?My enemy, too, is not one person,? said
Umar. ?He is a thousand strong, and has overthrown
a hundred thousand.?
He then seized the cup and drank it all in one
draught. At once the assembled multitude all
became believers, crying, ?Your religion is true!?Proof that Umar was a Pentecostal snake-handler! starts speaking in tongues