Discourses of Rumi

FIHI MA FIHI V 95After all, all these trades and professions—tailoring,building, carpentry, goldsmithery, science,astronomy, medicine and the rest of the world’scountless and innumerable callings—all thesewere discovered from within by some person,they were not revealed through stones and dirt.When they say that a raven taught people to burythe dead, even that was due to the reflection of ahuman being. Someone’s own inner urge drovethem to learn that. After all, the instincts of thebird are but a part of humanity, but a part doesnot command the whole.After the Amir left, someone said: “When theAmir comes, the Master utters mighty words. Thewords never stop, because he is a master ofwords. Words flow from him without interruption.”Rumi said: If in winter time the trees do notput forth leaves and fruit, people should not thinkthey are not working. They are continually atwork. Winter is the season of gathering; summeris the season of spending. Everyone sees thespending, but they do not see the gathering in. Inthe same way, a person gives a party and spends