The seal of detachment...

As long as you have an "I" you won't be
allowed in.

Once you are annihilated you
will be treasured like the apple of the eye;

Once you are purified from the two worlds,
you will be stamped with the seal of
detachment.


- Rumi

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Muriel Maufroy
"Breathing Truth - Quotations from Jalaluddin Rumi"
Sanyar Press - London, 1997