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The wisdom of Rumi

    Longing is the core of mystery. Longing itself brings the cure. The only rule is, Suffer the pain. Your desire must be disciplined, and what you want to happen in time, sacrificed. From: Rumi – The Essential Rumi … Continue reading

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Love of Rumi

  Oh Beloved, take me. Liberate my soul. Fill me with your love and release me from the two worlds. If I set my heart on anything but you let fire burn me from inside. Oh Beloved, take away what … Continue reading

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The wisdom of Rumi

The spirit is like an ant, and the body like a grain of wheat which the ant carries to and fro continually. The ant knows that the grains of which it has taken charge will change and become assimilated. One … Continue reading

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Love by Rumi

I Know You circle my heart, a blissful schemer. What are you up to? I know. You have a secret design for my bleeding heart and sullen face I know. Once you’ve stolen mine and everyone’s heart what will you … Continue reading

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The wisdom of Rumi

    These spiritual window-shoppers, who idly ask, ‘How much is that?’ Oh, I’m just looking. They handle a hundred items and put them down, shadows with no capital. What is spent is love and two eyes wet with weeping. … Continue reading

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The wisdom of Rumi

  Love has nothing to do with the five senses and the six directions: its goal is only to experience the attraction exerted by the Beloved. Afterwards, perhaps, permission will come from God: the secrets that ought to be told … Continue reading

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The wisdom of Rumi

      Say I am You I am dust particles in sunlight. I am the round sun. To the bits of dust I say, Stay. To the sun, Keep moving. I am morning mist, and the breathing of evening. I … Continue reading

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The wisdom of Rumi

No mirror ever became iron again; No bread ever became wheat; No ripened grape ever became sour fruit. Mature yourself and be secure from a change for the worse. Become the light.

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The wisdom of Rumi

love is a mirror you see nothing but your reflection you see nothing but your real face From: Rumi, Dancing the Flame Translation by Nader Khalil

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The wisdom of Rumi

By day I praised you and never knew it. By night I stayed with you and never knew it. I always thought that I was me–but no, I was you and never knew it. Rumi was born September 30, 1207. … Continue reading

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