The idol of your self

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The idol of your self is the mother of all idols.

The material idol is only a snake;

while this inner idol is a dragon.

It is easy to break an idol,

but to regard the self as easy to subdue is a mistake.

 

- Rumi

 

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Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski

" Rumi: Daylight "

Threshold Books, 1994