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.
(From the Illuminated Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks)
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.
(From the Illuminated Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks)
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Lovely. Rumi is my favorite poet!
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