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[Rumi's words are an] expression of praise and grief and gratitude
[Rumi’s words are an] expression of praise and grief and gratitude and play. – 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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[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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Gamble everything for love, if you’re a true human being. If not, leave this gathering. – Rumi

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I am iron resisting the most enormous magnet there is. – Rumi

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[The] combination of mystical richness and bold adaptations of poetic forms is the key to [Rumi’s] popularity… – Jawid Mojaddedi

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Rumi

A secret freedom opens through a crevice you can barely see. – Rumi, as interpreted by Coleman Barks

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