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When mystical poetry meets actual loss

My mother is dying and I keep reading Rumi's poems about death as union with the Beloved, but I still feel like I'm drowning in grief and wonder if my faith means anything.

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Beautiful spiritual concepts offer little comfort when raw human sorrow overwhelms the heart.

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