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Do you know how magnificent and incredible you are?
It is quite all right to admit this, to know this in your heart of hearts, deep in your marrow and psyche.
Do not feel guilty or embarrassed by this self-proclamation. Rather, celebrate the glory of being, the glory that is you, for you are wonderfully made. Your being is a gift of creation. You are knit into the fabric of this holy universe.
When you look up into the sky at night in awe at the splendors and unfathomable mystery of the universe, you are looking at yourself; you are standing in awe before a mirror. That is you up there, your birth home. In that sense, when you look at the stars at night, you are looking at your Mother, the perfect Mother—the one who loves you with all Her awesome might.
We should always ask for discipline. One who has no self-control cannot receive grace. And it’s not just himself he hurts. Undisciplined People set fire to the landscape! A table of food was once coming down from the sky to feed Moses and his people, when suddenly voices from the crowd called out, “Where’s the garlic?” and “We want lentils!” At once the bread and dishes of grace-food disappeared. Everyone had to keep digging with mattocks and cutting with long scythes. Then Jesus interceded and sent more trays of food. But again some insolent people showed no respect. They grabbed like it wouldn’t be enough, even though Jesus kept telling them, “This food will last. It will always be here.” To be suspicious and greedy when majesty arrives is the worst arrogance. Withhold your giving, and no rainclouds will form. When sex goes on between everybody all the time, epidemics spread in every direction. When you feel gloomed over, it’s your failure to praise. Irreverence and no discipline rob your soul of light. --Rumi "The King and the Handmaiden and the doctor" from The Essential Rumi by Coleman Barks