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Lend unto God<\/em>. Give a loan of the leafage of this body,
\nThat in exchange a garden may grow in your heart.
\nGive a loan, diminish the body’s food,
\nthat you may see that which the eye has not seen.
\nWhen the body becomes empty,
\nGod fills it with musk and glorious pearls.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(Jalaluddin Rumi, compilation The Essential Rumi<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n

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Lend unto God. Give a loan of the leafage of this body, That in exchange a garden may grow in your heart. Give a loan, diminish the body’s food, that you may see that which the eye has not seen. When the body becomes empty, God fills it with musk and glorious pearls. 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