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Love, Soul, & Freedom
“At last, you’ve shaken your wings” v
A note on translations vi
A note on our use of Rumi’s poetry ix
Acknowledgments x
The quest for invisibles—love, soul, and freedom 1
1. Restless, hungry, and dissatisfied: Seeker—The call 36
2. Love and madness: Loner—Crossing the threshold 54
3. Free Help Wanted: Companion—Accepting help 79
4. Going within: Soul-searcher—The soul’s dark night 108
5. Breathing out: Releaser—Letting go 134
6. A treasure beneath the house: Healer—Surrendering to our inner authority 158
7. Emptiness music: Lover—The sacred marriage 186
8. Passionate seeing: Visionary—Dying to regenerate 214
9. Creating no place: Wanderer—Traveling in the world 243
10. Cooking up True Human Beings: Alchemist—Going through the refining fire 275
11. Conversing ocean to ocean: Contemplative—The return 310
12. Damn fool mystics: W ise Fool—Rolling around anywhere 339