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RUMI The Wound Is Where The Light Enters

22 Jul 2026 · 2 min

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In this spoken‑word meditation, the narrator engages in a dialogue with the divine, asking about the eyes, passion, heart, and pain. The response emphasizes keeping focus on the path, sustaining inner fire, and staying with sorrow because the wound is where light enters. The piece expands to universal reflections: our judgments of others mirror our own nature; discovering sweetness within leads to seeing it in all hearts. It warns that prioritizing money makes one a commodity, that a single‑minded desire to understand blinds the eye, and that being forced to the knees positions us for prayer. Patience in darkness is urged, with the promise that dawn is approaching.

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I said, what about my eyes? God said, keep them on the road. I said, what about my passion? God said, keep it burning. I said, what about my heart? God said, tell me what you hold inside it. I said, pain and sorrow. He said, stay with it. The wound is the place where the light enters you. Many of the faults you see in others, dear reader, are your own nature reflected in them. Find the sweetness in your own heart. Then you may find the sweetness in every heart. If you want money more than anything, you'll be bought and sold your whole life. The eye goes blind when it only wants to see why. When the world pushes you to your knees, you are in the perfect position to pray. Be patient where you sit in the dark. The dawn is coming.