In Meeting this morning (September 5, 2021), Leslie Manning encouraged and exhorted us all to do more to make this troubled world a better place. She drew upon the Epistle of James, and a poem attributed to Rumi. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
From the Epistle of James, 2:14-20<\/strong> Faith Without Works Is Dead<\/p>\n\n\n\n 14 <\/strong>What does it<\/em> profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? 15 <\/strong>If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, 16 <\/strong>and one of you says to them, \u201cDepart in peace, be warmed and filled,\u201d but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it<\/em> profit? 17 <\/strong>Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 18 <\/strong>But someone will say, \u201cYou have faith, and I have works.\u201d Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. 19 <\/strong>You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe\u2014and tremble! 20 <\/strong>But do you want to know, O foolish mortal, that faith without works is dead?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Who gets up early Jesus slips into a house to escape enemies, But don\u2019t be satisfied with stories, how things Start walking toward Shams*. Your legs will get heavy *also Sharms, City of Peace<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In Meeting this morning (September 5, 2021), Leslie Manning encouraged and exhorted us all to do more to make this troubled world a better place. She drew upon the Epistle of James, and a poem attributed to Rumi. From the … Continue reading Unfold Your Own Myth by Rumi<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
to discover the moment light begins?
Who finds us here circling, bewildered, like atoms?
Who comes to a spring thirsty
and sees the moon reflected in it?
Who, like Jacob blind with grief and age,
smells the shirt of his lost son
and can see again?
Who lets a bucket down and brings up
a flowing prophet?
Or like Moses goes for fire
and finds what burns inside the sunrise?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and opens a door to the other world.
Soloman cuts open a fish, and there\u2019s a gold ring.
Omar storms in to kill the prophet
and leaves with blessings.
Chase a deer and end up everywhere!
An oyster opens his mouth to swallow one drop.
Now there\u2019s a pearl.
A vagrant wanders empty ruins.
Suddenly he\u2019s wealthy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
have gone with others. Unfold
your own myth, without complicated explanation,
so everyone will understand the passage,
We have opened you.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
and tired. Then comes a moment
of feeling the wings you\u2019ve grown,
lifting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n