.
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What is the deep listening? Sama is
a greeting from the secret ones inside
.
the heart, a letter. The branches of
your intelligence grow new leaves in
.
the wind of this listening. The body
reaches a peace. Rooster sound comes,
.
reminding you of your love for dawn.
The reed flute and the singer's lips:
.
the knack of how spirit breathes into
us becomes as simple and ordinary as
.
eating and drinking. The dead rise with
the pleasure of listening. If someone
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can't hear a trumpet melody, sprinkle
dirt on his head and declare him dead.
.
Listen, and feel the beauty of your
separation, the unsayable absence.
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There's a moon inside every human being.
Learn to be companions with it. Give
.
more of your life to this listening. As
brightness is to time, so you are to
.
the one who talks to the deep ear in
your chest. I should sell my tongue
.
and buy a thousand ears when that
one steps near and begins to speak.
.
~ Rumi
from The Glance
translated by Coleman Barks
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