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" The Body is Like Mary

The body is like Mary, and each of us has a Jesus inside.
Who is not in labour, holy labour? Every creature is.

See the value of true art, when the earth or a soul
is in the mood to create beauty;

for the witness might then for a moment know,
beyond any doubt, God is really there within,

so innocently drawing life from us with Her umbilical universe – infinite existence …

though also needing to be born. Yes, God also
needs to be born!

Birth from a hand’s loving touch. Birth from a song,
from a dance, breathing life into this world.

The body is like Mary, and each of us, each of us has a Christ within. "

Rumi , The Purity of Desire: 100 Poems of Rumi


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Rumi quote : The Body is Like Mary<br /><br />The body is like Mary, and each of us has a Jesus inside.<br />Who is not in labour, holy labour? Every creature is.<br /><br />See the value of true art, when the earth or a soul<br />is in the mood to create beauty;<br /><br />for the witness might then for a moment know,<br />beyond any doubt, God is really there within,<br /><br />so innocently drawing life from us with Her umbilical universe – infinite existence …<br /><br />though also needing to be born. Yes, God also<br />needs to be born!<br /><br />Birth from a hand’s loving touch. Birth from a song,<br />from a dance, breathing life into this world.<br /><br />The body is like Mary, and each of us, each of us has a Christ within.