'The cow is the bodily soul. The island field is this world.' -Jalal al-din Rumi (1207-1273) By day, Cow eats until all the grass is clipped short. As night falls, Cow fears there is nothing left to eat the next day. She panics in the ...See more'The cow is the bodily soul. The island field is this world.' -Jalal al-din Rumi (1207-1273) By day, Cow eats until all the grass is clipped short. As night falls, Cow fears there is nothing left to eat the next day. She panics in the darkness, growing abnormally thin. In the morning, the grass has grown up again. Every night she worries. Every day she eats. She never stops to think, 'This meadow has never failed to grow back, why should I be afraid every night that it won't' Adapted from a thirteenth century poem written by Jalal al-Din Rumi. Written by
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