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I look for one simple and open enough
to see the Friend, not an intelligence
weighing several perspectives. I want
an empty shell to hold this pearl, not
a stone who pretends to have a secret
center, when the surface is all through.
I want one who can quit seeing himself,
fill with God and, instead of being
irritated by interruption and daily
resentments, feel those as kindness.
~ Rumi
translation by Coleman Barks
