soul and the old woman

what is the soul? Consciousness. The more awareness, the deeper the soul, and when

such essence overflows, you feel a sacredness around. It’s so simple to tell one who

puts on a robe and pretends to be a dervish from the real thing. We know the taste

of pure water. Words can sound like a poem but not have any juice, no flavor to

relish. How long do you look at pictures on a bathhouse wall? Soul is what draws

you away from those pictures to talk with the old woman who sits outside by the door

in the sun. She ‘s half blind, but she has what soul loves to flow into. She is kind, she weeps.

She makes quick personal decisions, and laugh so easily. Rumi

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