Discourses of Rumi

66 V DISCOURSES OF RUMIwould bring no benefit whatsoever. On the contrary,the whole world and every creature wouldbe burned up and destroyed.When God reveals Itself through a veil to themountain, those slopes become fully arrayed intrees and flowers and verdure. However, whenGod brings revelation without a veil, It destroysthe mountain and breaks it into atoms.Someone asked: “Well, isn’t this the same sunin the winter?”Rumi answered: Our purpose here was todraw a comparison. It is not a matter of atoms, orAdam. Similarity is one thing, comparison isanother. Although our mind cannot comprehendthat reality, yet how can mind abandon the effort?If our reason gave up the struggle, it would nolonger be reason. Reason is that thing that perpetually,night and day, is restless while thinkingand struggling, striving to comprehend, eventhough God is unknowable and incomprehensible.Reason is like a moth, and the Beloved is like acandle. Whenever the moth dashes itself againstthe candle, it is consumed and destroyed, but the