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"The wound is the place where the Light enters you."
RumiAll the four elements are seething in this cauldron (the world) — Rumi
"All the four elements are seething in this cauldron (the world) None is at rest, neither earth nor fire nor water nor air Now earth takes the form of grass on account of desire Now water becomes air for the sake of this affinity, By way of unity water becomes fire Fire also becomes air in this expanse by reason of love."
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Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī, commonly known as Rumi, was a Sufi mystic, poet, and founder of the Islamic brotherhood known as the Mevlevi Order. His family hailed from Balkh. Rumi is an influential figure in Sufism, and his thought and works loom large both in Persian literature and mystic poetry in general. Today, his translated works are enjoyed all over the world.
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"One day I was filled with longing To behold in human form the splendours of the Friend, To witness the ocean gathered up into a drop, The sun compressed into a single atom."
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"Thou fanciest thyself near to God, Saying ‘The maker of the dish is not far from the dish,’ Knowest thou not that the nearness of saints to God Involves the power to do mighty works and signs? Iron was as wax in the hands of David, Wax in thy hands is as iron."
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"Anyone in whom the troublemaking self has died, sun and cloud obey. As his heart is afire with knowledge and love, the sun cannot burn him."
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"If the sleeping spirit knew itself to be asleep, Whatever it might see, it would feel neither joy nor sorrow."
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"The thread and the needle are related to one another; but a camel is not fitted to pass through the eye of a needle; how should the body of a camel become slender except by abstinence and exertion?"
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