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Rumi - Misc - I died a mineral and became a plant
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006299
Type of Spiritual Experience
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A description of the experience
Jalal -Uddin Rumi
I died a mineral and became a plant
I died a plant and rose an animal
I died an animal and I was a man
Why should I fear? When was I less by dying?
Yet once more I shall die as a man, to soar
With the blessed angels, but even from angel hood
I must pass on. All except God perishes
When I have sacrificed my angel soul
I shall become that which no mind ever conceived
O, let me not exist! For non existence proclaims
'To Him we shall return'
Rumi
When I die
lay my corpse to rest
but do not be at all surprised
if His kiss on my tattered lips
brings me back to life