| Acknowledgments | |
| Introduction | |
| The Wine and the Cup | p. 3 |
| You Are the Macrocosm | p. 4 |
| Our Soul Was Like the Universe | p. 5 |
| Return at Last | p. 6 |
| The Goal Is One | p. 7 |
| One Light, Different Windows | p. 8 |
| The Authentic Human Being | p. 9 |
| Rumi and the Ox | p. 10 |
| The Moon Is the Same Moon | p. 11 |
| You Yourself Become Illusion | p. 13 |
| The Elephant, the Candle, and the Eye of the Sea | p. 14 |
| Don't Listen to the Trickster | p. 15 |
| A Quarrel about Grapes | p. 16 |
| Lift Now the Lid of the Jar of Heaven | p. 17 |
| The Three Pearls | p. 18 |
| The Thicker the Veil, the More Valuable the Jewel | p. 20 |
| Become the Sun Itself | p. 22 |
| The Real Pilgrimage Is Inward | p. 23 |
| The Thirsty Man, the Wall, and the Water | p. 24 |
| False Thinking | p. 26 |
| The Paradox | p. 27 |
| The Place of Honor | p. 28 |
| Busy Yourself with That Head | p. 29 |
| Taste with Discrimination | p. 30 |
| You Are Loved by Him | p. 31 |
| Leave the Vulture Behind | p. 33 |
| Such a Passion and Longing | p. 34 |
| The Heart's the Only Real House of Safety | p. 35 |
| Keep Your Heart Awake | p. 36 |
| Measuring out the Sugar | p. 37 |
| Nearness Is of Many Kinds | p. 38 |
| Keep Moving, Keep Growing | p. 39 |
| Make Yourself Ready to Do All He Wants | p. 40 |
| On the Limits of Fatalism | p. 42 |
| Another Alchemy | p. 44 |
| On Repentance | p. 46 |
| More Than One Stage Has to Be Transcended | p. 47 |
| See to It That You Pray Constantly | p. 49 |
| The Soul and the Spirit of Prayer | p. 50 |
| The Pure Name | p. 51 |
| Your Longing for Me Was My Messenger to You | p. 52 |
| All through the Night God Is Calling Us | p. 53 |
| Moses and the Shepherd | p. 54 |
| True Consciousness | p. 58 |
| The Sublime Art of Gathering-in | p. 59 |
| Draw Strength from Reality through Form | p. 60 |
| Find a Home in the Heights | p. 61 |
| Be Worthy of My Gifts | p. 62 |
| The Man of God | p. 63 |
| Become a Fool | p. 64 |
| Resurrection | p. 65 |
| A Life without Love Isn't a Life | p. 69 |
| Not the Garden but the Gardener | p. 71 |
| See the Friend Directly | p. 72 |
| Love is All That Exists | p. 73 |
| The Soul of Reality | p. 74 |
| The Root of the Entire Matter | p. 75 |
| Through Love | p. 76 |
| Only Love Can Explain Love | p. 77 |
| The Beloved Is Everything | p. 78 |
| Secret Ways | p. 79 |
| Astounding Comfort | p. 80 |
| Love, the Black Lion | p. 81 |
| Let Yourself Be Killed by Him | p. 82 |
| My Heart is "Light upon Light" | p. 83 |
| Lover and Love Are Only One | p. 84 |
| Rose Garden after Rose Garden | p. 85 |
| Love's Intelligences | p. 87 |
| Look for Passion, Passion, Passion, Passion | p. 88 |
| Love Makes the Seas Boil Like a Pot | p. 89 |
| It Itself Becomes Sign | p. 91 |
| Joy Will Unveil Itself | p. 92 |
| Destruction Precedes Renewal | p. 97 |
| Enter the Furnace | p. 99 |
| The Mystery of Misery | p. 100 |
| Ordeals by Terror | p. 101 |
| The Work of Religion Is Astonishment | p. 102 |
| The Sign | p. 104 |
| Look for the Happiness of a Supreme Lover | p. 105 |
| Grief Is Worth More Than the Empire of This World | p. 106 |
| Prudence | p. 107 |
| Keep Your Dragon in the Snow | p. 109 |
| Give the Serpent a Kiss | p. 110 |
| For Love, Like for a Furnace | p. 111 |
| Offer Your Life to This Work | p. 112 |
| A Supreme Grace | p. 113 |
| Gaze in Wonder at the Infinite Rose Garden | p. 114 |
| The Housewife and the Chickpea | p. 115 |
| He Will Not Let You Die | p. 116 |
| Satan | p. 117 |
| You Have No Idea What You Are Asking For | p. 119 |
| Obstacles on the Path | p. 120 |
| One Small Hair | p. 121 |
| The Tattoo Artist, the Lion, and the Man of Qazwin | p. 122 |
| Peace after Long Exile | p. 124 |
| Never Turn Away from Me | p. 125 |
| Despair Is a Sin | p. 126 |
| Praise God and Be Patient | p. 127 |
| The Serpent | p. 129 |
| Now Die to Yourself | p. 132 |
| My Work's to Risk My Head | p. 134 |
| Heaven Is Made of the Smoke of Hearts | p. 135 |
| Do Not Despair, My Soul! | p. 136 |
| The Desert Where Love Appears | p. 137 |
| Waters Constantly Flowing | p. 141 |
| Since You Are I, You Who Are Myself | p. 142 |
| The Rose Garden Has Flowered | p. 143 |
| O Most Glorified One! O Most Holy One! | p. 144 |
| She Was Always Referring to Him | p. 146 |
| Why Would I Not Be Honest? | p. 148 |
| The Highest Rank | p. 149 |
| Paradox on Paradox | p. 151 |
| What Is This Sacred Dance? | p. 152 |
| The Voluntary Slave | p. 154 |
| His Rarer Alchemy | p. 155 |
| Divine Pride | p. 157 |
| You Will Not Hear One from Me | p. 158 |
| God Wears Red | p. 159 |
| Go Further Always | p. 161 |
| The Direct View | p. 162 |
| My Burial Ground Will Invite You to Dance | p. 163 |
| Stage After Stage | p. 164 |
| Become a Sea | p. 166 |
| On the First Day of Every Year | p. 167 |
| Look for the District of Joy | p. 168 |
| United Tenderly | p. 169 |
| Reciprocal Loves | p. 170 |
| Sources | p. 171 |
| Glossary | p. 172 |
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