
Poetry
The Why Factor
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Roomy, the Guest House, Is a Mystic Poem
When i first read roomy, the guest house, i was just blown away to discover that he was a thirteenth century persian. So this sense of an image coming across the centuries, almost like a gift. And did that help you to think somebody so many centuries ago fell o, it was just amazing. Just to feel that somebody there, it canno connects us across time, across space. It makes me feel left alone. You're being given something to hold on to. What roomi suggests is that we should be solid like a guest house. We need to welcome all these rages, anger, fear, all these very strong emotions that come in and not be
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