Most people guard against going into the fire, and so end up in it.

Most people guard against going into the fire,

and so end up in it . . .

If you are a friend of God, fire is your water.

You should wish to have

a hundred thousand sets of mothwings,

so you could burn them away, one set a night.

The moth sees light and goes into fire.

You should see fire and go toward light.

Fire is what of God is world-consuming.

Water, world-protecting.

Somehow each gives the appearance of the other.

To these eyes you have now what looks like water burns.

What looks like fire is a great relief to be inside.

Jelaluddin Rumi 

Photo: Golden Aster springs from the soil next to the root of a burned Douglas-fir; High Park Burn, Lory State Park, CO; October 13, 2012