If you want peace and purity, tear
away your coverings.
This is the purpose of emotion, to
let a streaming beauty
flow through you.
Call it spirit, elixir, or the original
agreement between yourself
and God. Opening into
that gives peace, a song of being
empty, pure silence.
Rumi, The Soul of Rumi, Trans. Barks, p. 141
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ah ego
crust of the soul
we construct it so carefully
out of such raw and gross material
our roles and possessions
our successes and failures
our strengths, and yes,
our liabilities too
even our body shape
others help weave the fabric
our families
our culture and race
our nation
our faith
The ego has its uses, to be sure
We use the ego to give us status, and stability
and security
The ego is our armor that protects us from others.
It is a surface identity we can hide behind,
shielding our vulnerable self.
But spiritually the ego is a big problem
Because the ego likes to be in control
It likes to protect itself
It likes things to stay the same
It will do anything to avoid discomfort and change
It will do anything to build itself up
anything, even hurting others, diminishing others
even avoiding true self awareness
even blocking change and transformation
if we want transformation
transfiguration
we must tear
away our coverings.
we must let Spirit flow
a streaming beauty
opening that singular place
that sacred space
until emptied we are filled
and out of an empty, pure silence
a song of love
rises
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