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“The Worm's Waking
by Rumi
This is How a Human Being Can Change:
There’s a worm addicted to eating
grape leaves.
Suddenly, he wakes up,
call it grace, whatever, something
wakes him, and he’s no longer
a worm.
He’s the entire vineyard,
and the orchard too,
the fruit, the trunks,
a growing wisdom and joy
that doesn’t need
to devour.”
―
by Rumi
This is How a Human Being Can Change:
There’s a worm addicted to eating
grape leaves.
Suddenly, he wakes up,
call it grace, whatever, something
wakes him, and he’s no longer
a worm.
He’s the entire vineyard,
and the orchard too,
the fruit, the trunks,
a growing wisdom and joy
that doesn’t need
to devour.”
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“Listening is an effect. Communication is cause.”
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“Ah, my wishes become hopes.”
― The Recognition of Sakuntala
― The Recognition of Sakuntala
“The mind of age is like a lamp Whose oil is running thin; One moment it is shining bright, Then darkness closes in.”
― The Recognition of Sakuntala
― The Recognition of Sakuntala
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