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402 V DISCOURSES OF RUMIyou at all,” simply because <strong>of</strong> these words ananger appears in your heart.This running about in life is the effect <strong>of</strong> fear.All the world is running, but each being runs in adifferent way. The human being’s chasing or runningaway is <strong>of</strong> one kind, the pursuit and aversions<strong>of</strong> a plant are not the same, and the running<strong>of</strong> spirit is all together different.For example, the running <strong>of</strong> the spirit is withoutvisible step or sign. And consider the unripegrape, how much it pursues sweetness until itattains the blackness <strong>of</strong> the ripe grape. That runningis invisible and imperceptible, but when thegrape reaches that stage, it realizes what it hadbeen chasing for so long. Similarly, someoneenters the water without being seen by anyone,but when that person’s head suddenly sticks outin the middle <strong>of</strong> the water, then everyone realizeshow much swimming has been done to reach thatpoint.

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