Burn up the night of self-existence

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What does it mean to learn the knowledge of

God's Unity? To consume yourself in the

presence of the One. If you wish to shine like

day, burn up the night of self-existence.

Dissolve in the Being who is everything.

You grabbed hold of " I " and " we, "

and this dualism is your ruin.

 

- Rumi

 

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Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski

" Rumi: Daylight "

Threshold Books, 1994