The Endless Path

Lesson 343: The Endless Path

On the Endless Path in God
Don't stay in any of the stations,
Don't stay in any station you have won –
Go on! Go on! Desire more and more!
The man who has dropsy can never have enough water.
The Divine Courtyard is the infinite plane;
Leave behind you the place of honor.
What is the real place of honor? The Path itself.

- Jalal-ud-Din Rumi

(Translated by Andrew Harvey from A Year of Rumi)