"I have again and again
grown like grass;
I have experienced seven
hundred and seventy worlds.
I died from minerality
and became vegetable;
and from my vegetativeness
I died and became animal;
I died from animality and
became man.
Then why fear disappearance
through death?
Next time I shall die
bringing forth wings and
feathers like angels.
After that, soaring higher
than angels,
what you cannot imagine,
I shall be that."
- Jalaludin Rumi (1207-1273)
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