Wean yourself from this world...

Where is the nurse for the thirsty infant
who with kindness would offer the taste of
inner sweetness?

Where is she who would bar the way to
her self in order to open the way to
a hundred gardens of delight?

For the breast has become a barrier
between the infant and other delicious
tastes and countless nourishments.

Our life depends on weaning.
Strive to wean yourself little by little.

Wean yourself from this world's food
and become a healing sage like Luqman*.

Become a hunter of the hidden game.

--Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi
Mathnawi III, 48-49; 52
Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski
"Rumi: Jewels of Remembrance"
Threshold Books, 1996