Prayer is an egg
Hatch out the total helplessness inside.
The Essence of Ritual
Pray the prayer that is the essence
of every ritual. God, I have no hope.
I am torn to shreds. You are my first,
my last and only refuge.Do not do daily prayers like a bird
pecking its head up and down.Prayer is an egg.
Hatch out
the total helplessness inside.from A Year with Rumi: Daily Readings
by Jalal al-Din Rumi
translated by Coleman Barks
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