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This verse by Rumi says so much. Here he is telling us that the wine of the mystic is really the refined essence of oneself. It is formed from “the grapes of my body.” The wine is the juice emitted by the ego, the selfish, separate idea of the self when it finally surrenders and allows itself to be crushed into non-existence.
Of course, working toward that complete surrender can be terrifying so long as we identify with the ego. There are times when the seeker calls out, "I cannot bear any more anguish, any more cruelty." But the Winemaker, caring for us too much to let us remain comfortably incomplete, continues with the work, knowing the pure sweetness of completion.
When we finally free ourselves from identification with the ego-self and reverently place it as a sacrifice upon the wine press, we watch it collapse into nothing, the old “you” becomes nothing - it dies, but something new is born. From the death of the grape, the juice appears!
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Ivan
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2002 - 2011 by Ivan M. Granger.
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