Discourses of Rumi

discourse 59Someone said, “The astronomers say: You claimthere is something beyond the heavens and thisterrestrial ball. We believe, apart from what wesee, nothing exists. If something exists, then showus where it is!”Rumi answered: Your demand is invalid fromthe very start. You say, “Show me where it is,”but that Thing has no place. Come then, tell me,where is your objection? Is it on your tongue, inyour mouth, or within your breast? Searchthrough all of these—divide them piece by piece,atom by atom, and you will still not find yourobjection, nor any thought. From this we realizethat thought has no place. Since you do not knowthe place of your own thought, how could youknow the place of the Creator of thought?Thousands of emotions and moods come overyou without your choice, for they are completelyoutside your power and control. If you only knewwhere these emotions came from, you would be