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Coleman Barks quotes: Everything is conversation.

Everything is conversation.

Coleman Barks quotes: There's some sort of exchange that goes on between human beings that is one of the highest things we do.

There's some sort of exchange that goes on between human beings that is one of the highest things we do.

Coleman Barks quotes: Just being sentient and in a body with the sun coming up is a state of rapture.

Just being sentient and in a body with the sun coming up is a state of rapture.

Coleman Barks quotes: I think my life is tremendously interesting, and surely, other people do too.

I think my life is tremendously interesting, and surely, other people do too.

Coleman Barks quotes: Ramana Maharshi and Rumi would agree: the joy of being human is in uncovering the core we already are, the treasure buried in the ruin.

Ramana Maharshi and Rumi would agree: the joy of being human is in uncovering the core we already are, the treasure buried in the ruin.

Coleman Barks quotes: It's such a foolish thing to argue about names, when what we're doing is all one thing.

It's such a foolish thing to argue about names, when what we're doing is all one thing.

Coleman Barks quotes: It's a beautiful lucid dream that has language that I can fiddle with.

It's a beautiful lucid dream that has language that I can fiddle with.

Coleman Barks quotes: Fold within fold, the beloveddrowns in its own being. This worldis drenched with that drowning.

Fold within fold, the beloved
drowns in its own being. This world
is drenched with that drowning.

Coleman Barks quotes: If you teach three university courses a day, you need something to turn your mind off.

If you teach three university courses a day, you need something to turn your mind off.

Coleman Barks quotes: These poems need to be released from their cages,

These poems need to be released from their cages,

Coleman Barks quotes: Longing becomes more poignant if in the distance you can't tell whether your friend is going away or coming back. The pushing away pulls you in.

Longing becomes more poignant if in the distance you can't tell whether your friend is going away or coming back. The pushing away pulls you in.

Coleman Barks quotes: A man once asked Rumi, "Why is it you talk so much about silence?" His answer: "The radiant one inside me has never said a word.

A man once asked Rumi, "Why is it you talk so much about silence?" His answer: "The radiant one inside me has never said a word.

Coleman Barks quotes: I have no name for what circles so perfectly.

I have no name for what circles so perfectly.

Coleman Barks quotes: [Rumi] is trying to get us to feel the vastness of our true identity ... like the sense you might get walking into a cathedral ...

[Rumi] is trying to get us to feel the vastness of our true identity ... like the sense you might get walking into a cathedral ...