Wisdom
"The wound is the place where the Light enters you."
This famous saying encapsulates the Sufi understanding that spiritual growth often comes through pain and difficulty. The wounds of life are not punishments, but openings through which divine light can enter the soul.
Rumi teaches that true healing comes not from avoiding suffering, but from allowing it to transform us into vessels of divine light.
Key Insight
"Pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding."
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