If the state of being attracted finds the right object...
If the state of being attracted finds the right object, it is one of the best states, and it is this which refines and bestows exceptional qualities. Truly those who have taken this path want to reform their morality through the strength of love, and they have relied on the power of affection and fellowship. Experience has shown them that companionship with the pure and fellowship and love for them has affected their spirits to an extent which reading hundreds of volumes on ethics has not.
Rumi has related the message of love by the complaint of the reed; he says:…
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