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To: Volsi Mimir who wrote (6917)	1/9/2001 2:41:09 PM
From: HG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13018

Essential oils are wrung: The attar from the rose Is not expressed by suns alone, It is the gift of screws. AND Admonished by her <nature's> buckled lips Let every babbler be. The only secret that people keep Is Immortality. - Emily Dickinson How've you bin ?

To: Volsi Mimir who wrote (6917)	1/11/2001 2:34:22 AM
From: HG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13018

If anyone asks you how the perfect satisfaction of all our desires will look Lift your face and say .................... Like This. When someone mentions the gracefulness of the nightsky, run up to the terrace, dance, and say ................... Like This ? If anyone wants to know what 'spirit' is, or what "God's fragrance" means Lean your head towards them Keep your face close to theirs ................... Like This. When someone quotes the old poetic image about clouds gradually uncovering the moon, slowly loosen knot by knot the strings of your robe .................... Like This ? If anyone wonders how Jesus raised the dead, don't try to explain the miracle. Kiss me on the lips. ..................... Like this. Like this. When somone asks what it means to die for love, point ..................... here ..... ....and so it goes on eddy....another 30 odd lines of beauty and joy..... Like this ... What do they mean ? What do they really mean...? Hmmmm..... Little by little, wean yourself This is the gist of what I have to say. From an embryo, whose nourishment comes in the blood, move to an infant drinking milk, to a child on solid food, to a searcher after wisdom, to a hunter of more invisible game. Think how it is to have a conversation with an embryo. You might say, "The world outside is vast and intricate. There are wheat fields and mountain passes, and orchards in bloom. At night there are millions of galaxies, and in sunlight the beauty of friends dancing at a wedding." You ask the embryo why it stays cooped up in the dark with eyes closed. ....................................Listen to the answer. There is no "other world." I only know what I've experienced. You must be hallucinating. Rumi <Like This><Wean Yourself>