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\nIt's a necessary part of our growing up that we learn to get along in the culture into which we were born. But, on the way, we easily lose touch with what is most life-giving for us, and cover up our truer desires with a crowd of wants and needs that help us to fit in, or stand out, or keep a particular kind of image going. So much becomes possible when we start to strip away the cloud of distractions from our truer longings and start to find out what our hearts are really calling for. A conversation about the vulnerable, generous, courageous work of being clear about what we most desire, with Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise of Thirdspace.
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\nThis is Turning Towards Life, a weekly live 30 minute conversation hosted by Thirdspace in which Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn dive deep into big questions of human living. Find us on FaceBook to watch live and join in the lively conversation on this episode. We\u2019re also on YouTube, and as a podcast on Apple, Google and Spotify. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website.
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\n\n\nOur source for this week is written the poet Rumi, translated and interpreted by Daniel Landinsky in his book \u2018The Purity of Desire\u2019, and chosen this week by Justin.
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\nNo Conflict With Anything I Do
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\nGod\u2019s face gradually fades from the infant\u2019s sight.
\nIf this did not happen, you would never be able to
\nrecognise and converse with the things you do.
\nA soul\u2019s blindness most always increases as the body
\ngrows, and certain hungers set in, and one\u2019s attention
\nis turned that way.
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\nNow that you have traveled so far and have seen so
\nmuch, what is it you most prize?
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\nWhat pack horse does not feel relieved when its
\nburden is lifted? Desires, narrowed down, can do the
\nsame, decrease the weight you carry, and unveil the
\nwonder in the present.
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\nJust a single movement, a single impetus, I now have.
\nThis, there is no conflict with anything I do.
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\nWhat kind of man would ask his breath the reason
\nfor its actions? Less demanding, questioning, I now
\nam of all I see.
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\nGod\u2019s face will gradually return to your perception. My
\nwords will help draw back the curtain from your eyes.
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\nRumi
\nTranslated by Daniel Landinsky
\nfrom The Purity of Desire
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