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"If the sleeping spirit knew itself to be asleep, Whatever it might see, it would feel neither joy nor sorrow."
RumiThe wound is the place where the Light enters you. — Rumi
"The wound is the place where the Light enters you."
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Suffering is not the end but the opening. Pain becomes the very passage through which grace and understanding flow into a person.
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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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