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Acknowledgments | |
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Introduction | |
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The Wine and the Cup | |
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You Are the Macrocosm | |
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Our Soul Was Like the Universe | |
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Return at Last | |
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The Goal Is One | |
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One Light, Different Windows | |
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The Authentic Human Being | |
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Rumi and the Ox | |
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The Moon Is the Same Moon | |
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You Yourself Become Illusion | |
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The Elephant, the Candle, and the Eye of the Sea | |
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Don't Listen to the Trickster | |
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A Quarrel about Grapes | |
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Lift Now the Lid of the Jar of Heaven | |
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The Three Pearls | |
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The Thicker the Veil, the More Valuable the Jewel | |
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Become the Sun Itself | |
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The Real Pilgrimage Is Inward | |
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The Thirsty Man, the Wall, and the Water | |
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False Thinking | |
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The Paradox | |
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The Place of Honor | |
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Busy Yourself with That Head | |
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Taste with Discrimination | |
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You Are Loved by Him | |
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Leave the Vulture Behind | |
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Such a Passion and Longing | |
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The Heart's the Only Real House of Safety | |
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Keep Your Heart Awake | |
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Measuring out the Sugar | |
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Nearness Is of Many Kinds | |
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Keep Moving, Keep Growing | |
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Make Yourself Ready to Do All He Wants | |
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On the Limits of Fatalism | |
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Another Alchemy | |
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On Repentance | |
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More Than One Stage Has to Be Transcended | |
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See to It That You Pray Constantly | |
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The Soul and the Spirit of Prayer | |
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The Pure Name | |
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Your Longing for Me Was My Messenger to You | |
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All through the Night God Is Calling Us | |
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Moses and the Shepherd | |
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True Consciousness | |
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The Sublime Art of Gathering-in | |
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Draw Strength from Reality through Form | |
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Find a Home in the Heights | |
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Be Worthy of My Gifts | |
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The Man of God | |
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Become a Fool | |
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Resurrection | |
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A Life without Love Isn't a Life | |
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Not the Garden but the Gardener | |
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See the Friend Directly | |
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Love is All That Exists | |
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The Soul of Reality | |
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The Root of the Entire Matter | |
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Through Love | |
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Only Love Can Explain Love | |
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The Beloved Is Everything | |
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Secret Ways | |
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Astounding Comfort | |
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Love, the Black Lion | |
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Let Yourself Be Killed by Him | |
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My Heart is "Light upon Light" | |
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Lover and Love Are Only One | |
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Rose Garden after Rose Garden | |
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Love's Intelligences | |
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Look for Passion, Passion, Passion, Passion | |
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Love Makes the Seas Boil Like a Pot | |
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It Itself Becomes Sign | |
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Joy Will Unveil Itself | |
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Destruction Precedes Renewal | |
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Enter the Furnace | |
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The Mystery of Misery | |
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Ordeals by Terror | |
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The Work of Religion Is Astonishment | |
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The Sign | |
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Look for the Happiness of a Supreme Lover | |
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Grief Is Worth More Than the Empire of This World | |
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Prudence | |
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Keep Your Dragon in the Snow | |
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Give the Serpent a Kiss | |
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For Love, Like for a Furnace | |
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Offer Your Life to This Work | |
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A Supreme Grace | |
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Gaze in Wonder at the Infinite Rose Garden | |
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The Housewife and the Chickpea | |
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He Will Not Let You Die | |
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Satan | |
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You Have No Idea What You Are Asking For | |
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Obstacles on the Path | |
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One Small Hair | |
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The Tattoo Artist, the Lion, and the Man of Qazwin | |
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Peace after Long Exile | |
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Never Turn Away from Me | |
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Despair Is a Sin | |
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Praise God and Be Patient | |
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The Serpent | |
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Now Die to Yourself | |
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My Work's to Risk My Head | |
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Heaven Is Made of the Smoke of Hearts | |
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Do Not Despair, My Soul! | |
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The Desert Where Love Appears | |
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Waters Constantly Flowing | |
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Since You Are I, You Who Are Myself | |
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The Rose Garden Has Flowered | |
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O Most Glorified One! O Most Holy One! | |
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She Was Always Referring to Him | |
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Why Would I Not Be Honest? | |
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The Highest Rank | |
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Paradox on Paradox | |
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What Is This Sacred Dance? | |
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The Voluntary Slave | |
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His Rarer Alchemy | |
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Divine Pride | |
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You Will Not Hear One from Me | |
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God Wears Red | |
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Go Further Always | |
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The Direct View | |
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My Burial Ground Will Invite You to Dance | |
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Stage After Stage | |
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Become a Sea | |
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On the First Day of Every Year | |
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Look for the District of Joy | |
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United Tenderly | |
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Reciprocal Loves | |
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Sources | |
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Glossary | |