You knock at the door of Reality. You shake your thought wings, loosen…

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You knock at the door of Reality. You shake your thought wings, loosen your shoulders, and open. ✨ The Essential Rumi. Book translated by Coleman Barks with John Moyne, A. J. Arberry and Reynold Nicholson. Chapter 18: The Three Fish, p. 200, 1995.
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You knock at the door of Reality. You shake your thought wings, loosen your shoulders, and open. ✨ The Essential Rumi. Book translated by Coleman Barks with John Moyne, A. J. Arberry and Reynold Nicholson. Chapter 18: The Three Fish, p. 200, 1995.

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