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21 " Until the mother faces the pain of childbirth, the child cannot be born. The Divine Trust is in the heart, and the heart is pregnant: the counsels of the prophets and the wise are like the midwife. "
― Rumi , The Rumi Collection
22 " If love were only spiritual, the practices of fasting and prayer would not exist. The gifts of lovers to one another are, in respect to love, nothing but forms; yet, they testify to invisible love. "
23 " INWARD OCCUPATION When Satan sees, to the left or right, anyone who is perfect, he becomes ill with envy, for every wretch whose stack has been burnt is unwilling that anyone else’s candle should be lighted. Pay attention and work on perfecting yourself, so that the perfection of others may not grieve you. Beg of God the removal of envy, that God may deliver you from externals, and bestow upon you an inward occupation, which will absorb you so that your attention is not drawn away. "
24 " Wherever a pain is, that's where the cure goes; wherever poverty is, that's where provision goes. Wherever a difficult question is, that's where the answer goes; wherever a ship is, water goes to it. Don't seek the water; increase your thirst, so water may gush forth from above and below. "
25 " What does not come into man's imagination is called a "gift" because whatever passes through his imagination is in proportion to his aspiration and his worth. However, God's gift is in proportion to God's worth....no matter how much eyes have seen, ears heard, or minds conceived the gift you expect of Me, My gift is above and beyond all that. "
26 " God's Shams of Tabriz says to the heart's bud, "If your eyes are opened, you'll see the things worth seeing. "