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They are with me still, playing round me. The cause of lamentation is separation or parting, But I am still with my dear ones, and embrace them. Ordinary people may see them in dreams, But I see them clearly, though wide awake.
Source Masnavi, Book III, Story X, §2 · 📖 Read the full passage
✨ To meditate on today
According to Rumi, a saint whose children had died did not lament, for he felt them still with him, playing around him, and saw them wide awake: love knows no separation. Today, think of a dear one who is no longer here, feel the presence that remains, and inwardly say thank you to them.
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