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O boy, we are all of us waterfowl, The sea knows full well our language. Solomon is, as it were, that sea, and we as the birds; In Solomon we hold our course to eternity.
Source Masnavi, Book II, Story XVIII, §2 · 📖 Read the full passage
✨ To meditate on today
According to Rumi, the Persian Sufi poet, our souls are like waterfowl: the sea of the spirit is their true home and knows their language; Solomon, the prophet who, according to the Quran, understood the language of birds, is there the image of the spiritual guide with whom one travels toward eternity. Today, spend a moment with a person or a place that makes you feel inwardly “at home”, and thank God for this guide.
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