The spiritual path wrecks the body And afterwards restores it to healt…

Rumi
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The spiritual path wrecks the body And afterwards restores it to health. It destroys the house to unearth the treasure, And with that treasure builds it better than before. ✨ Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (Maulana), Jelaluddin Rumi, Kabir Helminski, Andrew Harvey (2005). The Rumi Collection: An Anthology of Translations of Mevlâna Jalâluddin Rumi, p.144, Shambhala Publications
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