The Cat and the Meat

There was a man who was the head of the household, with a wife who was very deceitful and corrupt. Whatever he brought home, the wife would waste it, and the man was desperate and frustrated. For a guest, the man brought meat home with great effort. The wife ate it with kebabs and wine. When the man came, he said, "This is not right." The man asked, "Where is the meat? The guest has arrived, and we need to serve food." The wife said, "The cat ate that meat. Get more meat if you can." The man said, "Hey, bring the scale. I will weigh the cat to check." He weighed it, and the cat was half a man. Then the man said, "Oh deceitful wife, the meat was half a man and more. The cat is also half a man, oh clever one. If this is the cat, then where is the meat? If this is the meat, then where is the cat?" If Bayazid is this, then what is that spirit? If he is that spirit, then who is this image? It is confusion upon confusion, my friend. This is neither your work nor mine. Both are him, but from the yield of the crop, the seed is the origin, and the chaff is the branch. Wisdom has bound these opposites together. Oh butcher, this neck is with the neck. The spirit cannot work without a body. Your body without a soul is frozen and cold. Your body is visible, and your soul is hidden. From these two, the world is made right. If you throw dirt on the head, it does not break. If you throw water on the head, it does not break. If you want to break the head, you must mix water and dirt. When you break it, the water returns to its source, and the dirt returns to the earth on the day of separation. The wisdom that God had in marriage was achieved through need and stubbornness.