The parable is like an intermediary in the discourse: an
intermediary is required for the apprehension of the vulgar.
Without an intermediary, how should any one go into the fire,
except (one like) the salamander? – for he is independent of the
connecting link.
You need the hot bath as an intermediary, so that you may refresh your constitution by (the heat of) the fire.
Since you cannot go into the fire, like Khalil (Abraham), the
hot bath has become your Apostle, and the water your guide.
Satiety is from God, but how should the unclean attain unto
satiety without the mediation of bread?
Beauty is from God, but the corporealist does not feel (the
charm of ) beauty without the veil (medium) of the garden.
When the bodily medium is removed, (then)
he (who is dis-embodied) perceives without (any) screen, like Moses, the light
of the Moon (shining) from (his own) bosom.
RUMI
intermediary is required for the apprehension of the vulgar.
Without an intermediary, how should any one go into the fire,
except (one like) the salamander? – for he is independent of the
connecting link.
You need the hot bath as an intermediary, so that you may refresh your constitution by (the heat of) the fire.
Since you cannot go into the fire, like Khalil (Abraham), the
hot bath has become your Apostle, and the water your guide.
Satiety is from God, but how should the unclean attain unto
satiety without the mediation of bread?
Beauty is from God, but the corporealist does not feel (the
charm of ) beauty without the veil (medium) of the garden.
When the bodily medium is removed, (then)
he (who is dis-embodied) perceives without (any) screen, like Moses, the light
of the Moon (shining) from (his own) bosom.
RUMI
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