“Be empty of worrying.
Think of who created thought!
Why do you stay in prison
When the door is so wide open?”
― The Essential Rumi
Think of who created thought!
Why do you stay in prison
When the door is so wide open?”
― The Essential Rumi
“I have lived on the lip
of insanity, wanting to know reasons,
knocking on a door. It opens.
I've been knocking from the inside.”
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of insanity, wanting to know reasons,
knocking on a door. It opens.
I've been knocking from the inside.”
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“This being human is a guest house. Every morning is a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor...Welcome and entertain them all. Treat each guest honorably. The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in. Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.”
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“Don't be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.”
― The Essential Rumi
― The Essential Rumi
Erum’s 2025 Year in Books
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