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Glennon was surprised to find a box of Abby's books, including Hafiz's work, which she found interesting because Abby was a public atheist.
And this wild thing happened, which is that I started opening a huge box of books and it was full of Rumi and Hafiz and Neruda and Eckhart Tolle and freaking The Case for Christ, I'll never forget ope...
— Episode: Abby On Healing From Religious Trauma
Episode: Abby On Healing From Religious Trauma
Glennon was surprised to find a box of Abby's books, including Hafiz's work, which she found interesting because Abby was a public atheist.
And this wild thing happened, which is that I started opening a huge box of books and it was full of Rumi and Hafiz and Neruda and Eckhart Tolle and freaking The Case for Christ, I'll never forget opening.
Episode: 269. Glennon Shares Her Love Letter with Liz Gilbe...
Glennon shares that Hafiz's poetry feels like divinity to her, and she reads it to prime herself into a state of being before writing a letter from love.
For me it's a it's poetry so like Walt Whitman does it for me Emily Dickinson does it for me Mary Oliver does it for me Rumi and Hafiz do it for me I feel like they they were directly channeling the divine like they were mystics who were directly channeling the divine and they were generous enough to leave the door open behind them so you're almost drafting in on them so you prime yourself into that state of being by reading something that feels to you like it comes from that place
I will help you and you and I made this appointment there's this beautiful poem by Hafiz the great Persian mystic who said long ago before the earth's crust cooled is how long I think it was long long ago God circled this place on the map where you are standing right now you are just exactly where you're supposed to be and and people want you to do this they're calling for you they're like we want sister um because they identify with you because so many people out there are sisters they're like I can't relax I can't trust they want to see how love comes to you so they can believe that it could come to them I think that you're gonna find it a lot easier than you think Lizzie