This discipline and rough treatment are a furnace to extract the silve…

Rumi
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This discipline and rough treatment are a furnace to extract the silver from the dross. This testing purifies the gold by boiling the scum away. ✨ Rumi Daylight: A Daybook of Spiritual Guidance. Book by Rumi, translated by Camille Adams Helminsk and Kabir Helminski, 1990.
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This discipline and rough treatment are a furnace to extract the silver from the dross. This testing purifies the gold by boiling the scum away. ✨ Rumi Daylight: A Daybook of Spiritual Guidance. Book by Rumi, translated by Camille Adams Helminsk and Kabir Helminski, 1990.

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