Discourses of Rumi

94 V DISCOURSES OF RUMITherefore they need the external physician toguide them until their own instinct is restored.After that they consult only their own inwarddoctor to find the counsel they need.We have a similar doctor within our spiritualbeing. When this higher Self is feeble, our inwardsenses perceive falsely, and whatever we follow iscontrary to the truth. So the saints are physicianswho guide a person until their instinct is restoredto its right balance, and their religion and theirheart have gathered strength.“Show me things as they truly are.”Humanity is a mighty volume. Within the peopleof this world all things are written, but veilsand darkness do not allow men and women toread the knowledge within themselves. The veilsand darknesses are those many preoccupations,worldly desires and thoughts of every kind. Yet,though they are wrapped in darkness and are hiddenby so many veils, they can still read somethingand therefore learn. Consider when thesedarknesses and veils are removed, what they willlearn then, and what varieties of knowledge theywill discover within!