4 Quotes by Coleman Barks about rumi
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…the work of the (Muslim Sufi) dervish community was to open the heart, explore the mystery of union,to fiercely search for and try to say the truth,and to celebrate the glory and difficulty in being in human incarnation.
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We were all born by accident but this wandering caravan will make camp in perfectionForget the nonsense categories of there and here, race, nation, religion, starting point and destinationYou are soul, and you are love,...No more questions now as to what it is we're doing here
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Little by little a person reaches forty and fifty and sixty, and feels more complete. God could've thrown full blown prophets flying through the cosmos in an instant.
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We sometimes make spiderwebs of smoke and saliva, fragile though-packetsLeave thinking to the one who gave intelligenceStop weaving and watch how the pattern improve
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