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Mad Llaama Nov 18, 2019

From the Tales of Rumi

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Two disciples of a Sufi Order were traveling from one town to another.

They came to a stream, whose waters had risen due to heavy rainfall. They noticed a young, beautiful woman standing there all alone, in need of help.

One of the disciples immediately went to her side. He picked the woman up and carried her in his arms across the stream. Then he dropped her there, said good-bye, and the two disciples went their way.

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From the Tales of Rumi

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During the rest of the trip, the second disciple was unsettled and frowning. He said, “Why did you touch that woman? She could have seduced you!

Men and women cannot come into contact like that"! He went on and on.

The first disciple responded calmly, “My brother, I carried the woman, carried across the stream, and that is where I left her.

It is you who has been carrying her ever since.”