Friend, there's a window

that opens from heart to heart,

and there are ways of closing it

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completely, not a needle's eye

of access. Open or shut; both ways

are sometimes appropriate

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The deepest ignorance is not to know about this window. When houses live side by side with windows open,

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that's the embrace we want, a place where great souls can stopover and rest.

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- Jaladdan Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks