Quote by Coleman Barks
[Rumi] is trying to get us to feel the vastness of our true identi
[Rumi] is trying to get us to feel the vastness of our true identity… like the sense you might get walking into a cathedral… – Coleman Barks

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Ramana Maharshi and Rumi would agree: the joy of being human is in uncovering the core we already are, the treasure buried in the ruin. – Coleman Barks

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[Rumi’s words are an] expression of praise and grief and gratitude and play. – Coleman Barks

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Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion. – Rumi

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…my heart sinks like a comb into wave after wave of your silky hair. – Rumi

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Keep knocking, and the joy inside will eventually open a window and look out to see who’s there. – Rumi

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Let yourself become living poetry. – Rumi

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