TRANSFORMATION

Want transformation. Be inspired by the flame,
In which a thing disappears and bursts into something else;
The spirit of re-creation loves most the pivoting point,
Where you are no longer,
Yourself.
-  Rilke

On the day I die, don’t say he’s gone. Death has nothing to do with going away.

The sun sets, and the moon sets but they’re not gone.

Death is a coming together.

The human seed goes down into the ground like a bucket,

and comes up with some unimagined beauty.

Your mouth closes here, and immediately opens

with a shout of joy there.

- Rumi