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220 V DISCOURSES OF RUMIThat night he had a wet dream.“Where did you get that food?” he asked thedisciple.“A lovely girl gave it to me,” the discipleanswered.“By God,” said the dervish, “it is twenty yearssince I had a wet dream. This is the effect <strong>of</strong> hermorsel.”This shows that the dervish must be careful,they cannot eat every morsel. The dervish is toosensitive. Things will effect them and become visible,just as a little blackness shows on a cleanwhite gown. However, as for a black gown thathas become black with grime for many years, if athousand kinds <strong>of</strong> filth should trickle on it, itwould make no difference.

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