The Teaching of Hazrat Inayat Khan

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Rumi said, "The bamboo flute, what is it that the flute says that makes you like it so much? Why does it mourn? Why does it so attract your attention? What is it that appeals to you? It mourns for the separation that it suffers; because it has been parted from its home, and has lost its original plant, the bamboo. It was cut off from its proper place. It mourns for the days when it was one with the whole bamboo tree; it mourns for the joy and the peace which it has enjoyed, but can never receive again. It is the parting for which it mourns, and through which it appeals to you."


 
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