Dying to Love —

Die! Die!

Die in this love!

If you die in this love

your soul will be renewed

Die! Die!

Don't fear the death

of that which is known

If you die to the temporal

you will become timeless

Die! Die!

Cut off those chains

that hold, you prisoner

to the world of attachment

Die! Die!

Die to the deathless

and you will be eternal

Die! Die!

and come out of this cloud

When you leave the cloud

you will be the effulgent moon

Die! Die!

Die to the din and the noise

of mundane concerns

In the silence of love

you will find the spark of life

— Rumi (translated by Fereydoun Kia, edited by Deepak Chopra)

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