Let yourself be drawn by the stronger pull of that which you truly love.

The surface meaning is straightforward: if you have a strong desire for something, pursue it with all your heart. Rumi, however, speaks from the heart of Sufism, where love is not merely an emotion but the very essence of existence and the path to the Divine. This 'stronger pull' is the divine attraction, the ishq, that draws the soul back to its origin in God. It is the echo of the primordial covenant, 'Am I not your Lord?' (Quran 7:172), that resonates within the seeker. To be 'drawn' is to surrender to this celestial magnetism, allowing it to dissolve the ego's attachments and illusions. This is the process of fana, annihilation of the self in the Beloved, which Rumi so eloquently describes. The 'true love' is not for fleeting worldly pleasures, but for the ultimate Reality, the source of all love.

In your life: Identify what truly ignites your spirit, not what society or fleeting desires dictate, and orient yourself towards that divine calling.