Paradoxes: best wakefulness in sleep, wealth in having
nothing, a pearl necklace
fastened around an iron collar. Fire contained in boiling
water. Revenues growing from
funds flowing out. Giving is gainful employment. It brings in
money. Taking time for
ritual prayer and meditation saves time. Sweet fruit hide in
leaves. Dung becomes food
for the ground and generative power in trees. Nonexistence
contains existence. Love
encloses beauty. Brown flint and gray steel have orange
candlelight in them. Inside
the body-cow, a handsome prince.
-Rumi
