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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
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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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Sorrows are the rags of old clothes and jackets that serve to cover, and then are taken off. That undressing, and the beautiful naked body underneath, is the sweetness that comes after grief. – Rumi

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Be occupied, then, with what you really value and let the thief take something else. – Rumi

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I don’t regret how much I love, and I avoid those who repent their passion. – Rumi

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Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along. – Rumi, as interpreted by Coleman Barks

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