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Though reality is exposed to view in this form, Form is at once nigh to and far from reality. For instance, these two resemble water and a tree; When you look to their essence they are far apart; Yet see how quickly a seed becomes a high tree Out of water, along with earth and sunshine!
Source Masnavi, Book I, Story IX, §8 · 📖 Read the full passage
✨ To meditate on today
According to Rumi, visible form and spiritual reality are at once near and far, like water and a tree: very different in nature, and yet the seed quickly becomes a great tree through water, earth and sunshine. In the same way, simple gestures nourish the inner life. Today, water a plant or look at a tree, and choose a small concrete gesture (a prayer, a gentle word, a service) to nourish what is growing in you.
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