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What’s your Puddle of Piss?

Posted on April 20, 2019 by Michael Rose

A fly sat

on a straw

on a puddle of donkey piss

full of pride

it lifted up its head:

”I am the captain of this ship

master of this ocean!”

– Rumi

Translated and emitted by Omid Safi

Radical Love.  Teachings from the Islamic Mystical Traditions

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