An extraordinary Christian insight from Rumi – who was himself a Sufi mystic.
Sometimes it takes a faithful outsider to reveal the treasures of our own faith tradition.
THE BODY IS LIKE MARY
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦.
𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘳, 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘳? 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴.
𝘚𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘵, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯
𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘺;
𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥
𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘵, 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯,
𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭
𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 – 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 …
𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯.
𝘠𝘦𝘴, 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯!
𝘉𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥’𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩. 𝘉𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨,
𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥.
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴, 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘴
𝘢 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯.
~ Rumi
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