The Heart is like a Grain of Corn

The heart is like a grain of corn, 

We are like a mill;

How does the mill know why this turning? 

The body is like a stone, and the water its thoughts; 

The Stone says, “The water knows what is toward.” 

The Water says, “Ask the miller, for it was he who flung this water down.” 

The Miller says to you, “Bread-eater, if this does not turn, how shall the crumb-broth be?”

Much Business is in the making; Silence, ask God, that He may tell you.

(RUMI)