Men's minds perceive second causes, But only prophets perceive the action of the First Cause.
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We come spinning out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust.Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi
Lovers O lovers, lovers it is time to set out from the world. I hear a drum in my soul's ear coming from the depths of the stars. Our camel driver is at work the caravan is being readied. He asks that we forgive him for the disturbance he has caused us, He asks why we travellers are asleep. Everywhere the murmur of departure the stars, like candles thrust at us from behind blue veils, and as if to make the invisible plain, a wondrous people have come forth.
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I died a mineral, and became a plant. I died a plant and rose an animal. I died an animal and I was man. Why should I fear When was I less by dying.
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Every tree and plant in the meadow seemed to be dancing, those which average eyes would see as fixed and still.
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The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don't go back to sleep. You must ask for what you really want. Don't go back to sleep. People are going back and forth across the door sill where two worlds touch. The door is round and open. Don't go back to sleep.
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