Discourses of Rumi

discourse 67“He created Adam in His likeness.”Everyone is seeking the manifestation of God.For example, there are many veiled women whouncover their faces to try the object of their desire,like you try a razor. There are lovers who say totheir beloved, “I have not slept and I have noteaten. I have become like this and that withoutyou.” What they mean is, “You are seeking amanifestation of God. I am the manifestation youcan vaunt your belovedness upon.” In the sameway, all scholars and learned people are seekingto manifest God’s desire, “I was a hidden treasure,and I desired to be known.”“He created Adam in His likeness,” meaningin the likeness of God’s laws. Divine law is manifestin all creation, because all things are the shadowof God, and the shadow is like the person. Ifthe five fingers spread out, the shadow alsospreads out. If the body bows, the shadow alsobows. If it stretches out, the shadow also stretch-