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Hello Rumi Tuesday! I am so close…

Hello Rumi Tuesday! I am so close…

Last updated on: May 23, 2017 at 3:32 am by Mastura Debra Graugnard

Hello Rumi Tuesday! I am so close… 2017-05-23T00:02:42-05:00 Mastura Debra Graugnard

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I am so close, I may look distant.

So completely mixed with you, I may look separate.

So out in the open, I appear hidden.

So silent, because I am constantly talking with you.

by Jalal id-din Rumi

We can only see what we can see,

but an inner knowing tells us there is more.

Why do we cheat ourselves by thinking we know

the secrets of our existence?

May we continue to listen to the whispers

and keep asking, “What lies beyond?” and “What lies within?”

The Qur’an tells us that God sends Compassion, ar-Rahman, before us.

Divine Compassion is the nature of the womb.

Our spirits are breathed into a womb of Compassion.

We live in the womb of Compassion of our Mother Earth.

Our spirits swim in a Cosmic Ocean of Compassion.

We may not ever see, hear, sense, perceive the entirety of

the One with Whom we are one,

yet we are completely mixed with

the Essence of the One.

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