The Man who has Lost his Heart

Turns into Love

Though from left and right there is useless criticism and vilification,

that man who has lost his heart turns not away from Love.

The moon scatters light, and the dog barks at it; what harm

does that do to the moon? Such is a dog’s specialty.

The lover is a mountain, not a straw to be blown away by the

wind; it is a flock of flies that the wind has waylaid.

If it is the rule that blame should arise from Love, it is also

the rule for Love to be deaf to it.

Desolation of both worlds on this road is true cultivation; to

eschew all benefit is a benefit in Love.

Jesus from the fourth sphere calls, “Welcome! Wash your

hands and mouth, for now, is the time for the Table.”

Go, become effaced in the Friend in the tavern of not-being;

wherever two drunkards are together, there is bound to be a

brawl.

You enter the devil’s court crying, “Justice, justice!” Seek

justice from God, for there is nothing but wild beasts.

The Prophet said, “Take not counsel from a woman”; this

carnal soul of ours is a woman, even though it be an abstinent.