The Horse , the Rider and the Palace of the King - Shaykh Abdul Hakim Murad

The Horse , the Rider and the Palace of the King - Shaykh Abdul Hakim Murad
In this lower world you have forgotten that heavenly food, being occupied with this material sustenance. Night and day you are nourishing your body. Now this body is your horse, and this lower world is its stable. The food of the horse is not the food of the rider; the rider has his own kind of sleeping and eating and taking enjoyment. But because the animal and the bestial have the upper hand over you, you have lagged behind with your horse in the stable for horses and do not dwell in the ranks of kings and princes of the world eternal. Your heart is there, but inasmuch as the body has the upper hand you are subject to the body’s rule and have remained its prisoner. - Maulana Rumi(RA)