Ramana Maharshi and Rumi would agree: the joy of being human is in uncovering the core we already are, the treasure buried in the ruin.
The religions of the world are luminous in their individuality, and they have valuable social and soulmaking functions. Surely someday we will quit k… - Coleman Barks
The religions of the world are luminous in their individuality, and they have valuable social and soulmaking functions. Surely someday we will quit k…
- Coleman Barks
The mystics always say that the experience they're talking about is ineffable, that you can't say it. Rumi was asked one time why he talked so much a… - Coleman Barks
The mystics always say that the experience they're talking about is ineffable, that you can't say it. Rumi was asked one time why he talked so much a…
If you think there's an important difference between being a Christian or a Jew or a Hindu or a Muslim or a Buddhist, then you're making a division b… - Coleman Barks
If you think there's an important difference between being a Christian or a Jew or a Hindu or a Muslim or a Buddhist, then you're making a division b…
[Rumi] is trying to get us to feel the vastness of our true identity... like the sense you might get walking into a cathedral. - Coleman Barks
[Rumi] is trying to get us to feel the vastness of our true identity... like the sense you might get walking into a cathedral.
Ramana Maharshi and Rumi would agree: the joy of being human is in uncovering the core we already are, the treasure buried in the ruin. - Coleman Barks
It's such a foolish thing to argue about names, when what we're doing is all one thing. - Coleman Barks
It's such a foolish thing to argue about names, when what we're doing is all one thing.
Longing becomes more poignant if in the distance you can't tell whether your friend is going away or coming back. The pushing away pulls you in. - Coleman Barks
Longing becomes more poignant if in the distance you can't tell whether your friend is going away or coming back. The pushing away pulls you in.
When you meet a new friend, the world has more light in it, doesn't it? Things become more spontaneous, and more full of laughing and freedom and nov… - Coleman Barks
When you meet a new friend, the world has more light in it, doesn't it? Things become more spontaneous, and more full of laughing and freedom and nov…
Anything you grab hold of on the bank breaks with the river's pressure. When you do things from your soul, the river itself moves through you. Freshn… - Coleman Barks
Anything you grab hold of on the bank breaks with the river's pressure. When you do things from your soul, the river itself moves through you. Freshn…
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