Shopping for soap in Istanbul (Photo: Emily O'Dell)
Your spirit needs to follow the changes happening
in the spacious place it knows about.
There, the scene is always new,
a clairvoyant river of picturing,
more beautiful than any on earth.
This is where the Sufis wash.
Purify your eyes, and see the pure world.
Your life will fill with radiant forms.
It’s a question of cleaning
then developing spiritual senses.
See beyond phenomena.
— Rumi
