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Tag: Magnificent Lie

The Real Treasure (11/22/2020)

Posted on November 22, 2020November 22, 2020 by Millicent
The Real Treasure (11/22/2020)

Absence is Essence. Everything else is an attribute.

Absence is health. Everything else is an illness.

This world is a big headache, a grand illusion.

Absence is the real treasure.

To reach it is the purpose of this world.

Rubailer (2016), Rubai#1, page 277.

Posted in quatrain (rubai), Rumi Poetry Tagged Absence, Ecstasy, Essence, Magnificent Lie, Suffering Leave a comment

Look (11/1/2020)

Posted on November 1, 2020October 30, 2020 by Millicent
Look (11/1/2020)

O soul who has been caught in the hook of the body,

look at the fisherman.

Don’t look at the fish hook. Continue reading “Look (11/1/2020)” →

Posted in Gazel (longer poem), Rumi Poetry Tagged Divine_Wine, Love, Magnificent Lie, Suffering, The Journey Leave a comment

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