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Poems reach up like spindrift and the edge of driftwood along the beach, wanting! They derive from a slow and powerful root that we can’t see. Stop the words now. Open the window in the center of your chest, and let the spirits fly in and out.
Rumi
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Rumi
Born: 1207
Born: September 30
Islamic Scholar
Literary
Mystic
Philosopher
Poet
Writer
Umm Al-Belaad
Jalālauddīna Rūmī
Ǧalāladdīn Rūmī
Dzhalaliddin Rumi
Jalaluʼddin Rumi
Gialâl ad-Dîn Rûmî
Jalálu-ʼd-ʼDín Muhammad i Rúmí
Dzhaloluddin Rumi
Celâleddin Rûmî
Ŷalāl al-Dīn Rūmī
Jalāluddīn Balkhī Rumī
Jolalud-Din Rumi
Zhaloliddin Rumiĭ
Jalaladdin Rumi
Dschelal-Eddin Rumi
Jalāluddīn Muḥammad Balkhī Rūmī
Rum
Jalāl ad-Dīn ar-Rūmī
Dschalaludd
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I looked for God. I went to a temple and I didn't find him there. Then I went to a church and I didn't find him there. The I went to a mosque and I didn't find him there. Then finally I looked in my heart and there he was.
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What I had thought of before as God, I met today in a human being.
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I honor those who try to rid themselves of any lying, who empty the self and have only clear being there.
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Paradise is surrounded by what we dislike the fires of hell are surrounded by what we desire.
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When the ocean surges, don't let me just hear it. Let it splash inside my chest!
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I said, O Love, tell me this: Does the Lord know you are treating me this way? Love said to me, yes He does, just be totally… totally… silent
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Those who practice Love have neither Religion or Status.
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I was a tiny bug. Now a mountain. I was left behind. Now honored at the head. You healed my wounded hunger and anger, and made me a poet who sings about joy.
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Be empty of worrying. Think of who created thought! Why do you stay in prison When the door is so wide open?
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But meditate now on steadfastness and clarity, and let those be the wings that lift and soar through the celestial spheres.
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There is a community of the spirit. Join it, and feel the delight of walking in the noisy street and being the noise. Drink all your passion, and be a disgrace. Close both eyes to see with the other eye.
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Why struggle to open a door between us when the whole wall is an illusion?
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