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A Very Large Expanse of Sea

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Tahereh Mafi
Tahereh Mafi

Tahereh Mafi is an Iranian-American author born in 1988. Her works are acclaimed for their unique narrative style and profound insight into the psychology of teenagers. Mafi's debut novel, 'The Revenant,' is a coming-of-age story that delves into themes of family, identity, and self-discovery. more

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“In the course of working on ourselves, we learn in time that when we stay on the surface of ourselves, which is to say when we are identified with and operating from our outer shell—our personality—we suffer. The more asleep we are to the reality beneath our shells, the less we feel that life is fulfilling, meaningful, and pleasurable. Or, in the language of the enneagram, the more fixated we are, the less we partake of the loving nature of reality, for we have lost our connection with Holy Love. Our suffering is not the result of being alone or of being in the wrong relationship, is not because we don’t have enough money or because we have too much of it, or because of anything of the sort. Nor is it because our outer surface doesn’t look as pretty as we think it should or because our personality isn’t as pleasant as we think it might be. We suffer because we are living at a distance from our depths—it’s as simple as that. The more our souls are infused with Being, the better we feel and the better life seems to us, no matter what our outer circumstances happen to be.”

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“الرجل الذي لا يبادل عاشقته عاطفتها إنما يمزق كبرياءها و هو حين يقابل تقربها منه و توددها إليه بالنفور و الإعراض إنما يطعنها في أعز مشاعرها و أنبلها و عبثا تكون عندئذ كل رقته و أدبه في التنصل منها بل إنه ليهينها إن عرض عليها صداقته الخالصة بعد أن تكون قد كشفت له ضعفها فإنها تعد ذلك منه جريمة خطيرة و قسوة بالغة”

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