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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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[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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Now is the time to unite the soul and the world. Now is the time to see the sunlight dancing as one with the shadows. – Rumi

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Ignorance is God’s prison. Knowing is God’s palace. – Rumi

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Even when tied in a thousand knots, the string is still but one. – Rumi

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

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