The Truth stands before me ~Rumi

Acharya Prashant

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*The Truth stands before me,On my left is a blazing fire, andOn my right, a cool flowing stream.*

*One group of people walk toward the fire, into the fire,And the other towards the cool flowing waters.No one knows which is blessed and which is not.*

*But just as a just as someone enters the fire,That head bobs up from the water,And just as a head sinks into the water,*That face appears in the fire.

*Those who love the sweet water of pleasure*And make it their devotion are cheated by this reversal.

*The deception goes further-The voice of the fire says:“I am not fire, I am fountainhead,*Come into me and don’t mind the sparks.”

~ Rumi

Question: I was reading a few of Rumi’s poems and came across this one. Need some clarity.

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