Discourses of Rumi

discourse 11Rumi said: The saying, “Hearts bear witness toone another,” refers to a hidden reality. If all realitywere openly revealed, what need would therebe for words? Similarly, when the heart bears witness,what need is there for the testimony of thetongue?The Amir said: “Certainly the heart bears witness.But the heart plays one part by itself, the earanother, the eye another, the tongue another.There is need for each one, so that the whole canbe realized.”Rumi said: If the heart is totally absorbed, thenall the other senses are obliterated in it, and thereis no need for the tongue. Take the case of Laila:She was not a spiritual being, but of flesh, fashionedof water and clay. Yet passion for her producedsuch absorption, and so utterly seized andoverwhelmed Majnun, that he had no need to seeLaila with his eyes, no need to hear her voice. He