In a place beyond uttermost Place, in a tract without shadow of trace,
Soul and body transcending I live in the soul of my Loved One anew!”
The following poem, also by Jalāluddīn, expresses the positive aspect of the cosmic consciousness:
“If there be any lover in the world, O Moslems, ’tis I.
If there be any believer, infidel, or Christian hermit, ’tis I.
The wine-dregs, the cupbearer, the minstrel, the harp, and the music,
The beloved, the candle, the drink and the joy of the drunken—’tis I.
The two-and-seventy creeds and sects in the world
Do not really exist: I swear by God that every creed and sect—’tis I.
Earth and air and water and fire—knowest thou what they are?