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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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Rumi
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Let the lover be disgraceful, crazy, absentminded. Someone sober will worry about events going badly. Let the lover be. – Rumi, as interpreted by Coleman Barks

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Rumi

Rumi will transform you, in ways you didn’t know you needed transforming. – Jerry Stahl

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Rumi

Before death takes away what you are given, give away what there is to give. – Rumi

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You go from village to village on your horse asking everyone, Has anyone seen my horse? – Rumi

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