http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/the-big-ideas/topics/mevlana-rumi-step-into-the-fire en-us 60 <p align="center"><em>&quot;If your knowledge of fire has been turned to certainty by words alone, </em></p><p align="center"><em>then seek to be cooked by the fire itself. </em></p><p align="center"><em>Don&rsquo;t abide in borrowed certainty. </em></p><p align="center"><em>There is no real certainty until you burn; </em></p><p align="center"><em>if you wish for this, sit down in the fire.&quot;</em></p><p align="center">~ Mevlana Rumi, 13th century sufi poet and mystic</p><p align="center">from <em>Rumi Daylight: A Daybook of Spiritual Guidance</em></p><p>&quot;Borrowed certainty&quot;--whether it's from our family or friends or church or country--is <em>never</em> a very good place to dwell...</p><p>We must discover our own truth.</p><p>&hellip;</p><p>I'll save a seat for you in the fire.</p><p>[ Good news (or bad news, depending on your perspective): there's plenty of room for you and your friends! :) ]</p> Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:43:19 -0000 forums.thinkarete.com:503:385:385 brian http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/503/topics/385