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Radiance
If ten lamps are in one place,
each differs in form from another;
yet you can’t distinguish whose radiance is whose
when you focus on the light.
In the field of spirit there is no division;
no individuals exist.
Sweet is the oneness of the Friend with His friends.
Catch hold of spirit.
Help this headstrong self disintegrate;
that beneath it you may discover unity,
like a buried treasure.
From: A Daybook of Spiritual Guidance
365 Selections from Rumi’s Mathnawi
Translated by Camille and Kabir Helminski
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