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“I used to want buyers for my words. Now I wish someone would buy me away from words.”

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Book:The Essential Rumi

Source: The Essential Rumi

“Bring tribute from the village." But the village is gone in your flood. "That cleared site is what I want. Live in the opening where there is no door to hide behind. Be pure absence. In that state everything is essential." The rest of this must be said in silence because of the enormous difference between light and words that try to say light.”

Wisdom Silence Absence Emptiness

Book:The Essential Rumi

Source: The Essential Rumi

“On Resurrection Day your body testifies against you. Your hand says, “I stole money.” Your lips, “I said meanness.” Your feet, “I went where I shouldn’t.” Your genitals, “Me too.” They will make your praying sound hypocritical. Let the body’s doings speak openly now, without your saying a word, as a student’s walking behind a teacher says, “This one knows more clearly than I the way.”

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Book:The Essential Rumi

Source: The Essential Rumi

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