SOUL AND THE OLD WOMAN

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SOUL AND THE OLD WOMAN

What is the soul? Consciousness. The more awareness, thedeeper the soul, and when

such essence overflows, you feel a sacredness around. It'sso simple to tell one who

puts on a robe and pretends to be a dervish from the realthing. We know the taste

of pure water. Words can sound like a poem but not haveany juice, no flavor to

relish. How long do you look at pictures on a bathhousewall? Soul is what draws

you away from those pictures to talk with the old womanwho sits outside by the door

in the sun. She's half blind, but she has what soul lovesto flow

into. She's kind; she weeps.

She makes quick personal decisions, and laughs so easily.

("The Soul of Rumi" - versions of Rumi by Coleman Barks)

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