... what is that cry of the ghoul? "I want wealth, I want position, I want respect." If you prevent these cries from rising up within yourself, then you can be initiated into the mysteries. Invoke God and burn away the cry of the ghouls!
(The Sufi Path of Love: The Spiritual Teachings of Rumi, p. 158)
What is sweeter than the remembrance of the Friend? Hey, do not sit idle like this! Invoke!
(The Sufi Path of Love: The Spiritual Teachings of Rumi, p. 159)
His Name is the Spirit of spirits, His invocation the ruby of the mines. His love is in the soul, He is both our refuge and our hope. When I mention His Name, good fortune arrives; then the Name becomes the Named -- without duality, without hesitation.
(The Sufi Path of Love: The Spiritual Teachings of Rumi, p. 159)
Never be without the remembrance of God, for His remembrance provides the bird of the spirit with strength, feathers, and wings. If your goal becomes actualized completely, that is Light upon light (Koran 24:35). But in any case through the remembrance of God your inward will be illuminated and you will achieve a degree of detachment from the world. For instance, look at the bird that wants to fly in heaven: Though it cannot reach heaven, moment by moment it soars farther from earth and higher than other birds. Or consider a small box of musk whose opening is narrow: You put your hand into it, but you cannot bring out the musk; yet your hand becomes perfumed and your senses refreshed. So too is the remembrance of God: Even if you do not reach His Essence, yet His remembrance has numerous effects upon you. You actualize tremendous benefits by invoking Him.
(The Sufi Path of Love: The Spiritual Teachings of Rumi, p. 158)
Brother! To be a lover you must have pain! Where is your pain? Sincerity and patience require a man Where is the man? How much longer will your invocation be congealed and your meditation paralyzed? Where are passionate cries and a yellow face?
(The Sufi Path of Love: The Spiritual Teachings of Rumi, 160)
In remembrance, the millwheel of spirits begins to turn through the water of the eyes.
Remembrance is the noose of union with the Beloved -- be silent, for madness has begun to boil!
(The Sufi Path of Love: The Spiritual Teachings of Rumi, p. 160)
God surrounds you with word-soldiers both to repel your enemies and to be a means of overpowering the enemy.
(Signs of the Unseen: The Discourses of Jalaluddin Rumi, p. 60)
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