Carolina QuotesOut beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about language, ideas, even the phrase each other doesn't make any sense.
Coleman Barks Connected to the Carolinas
Source
"The Great Wagon" Ch. 4: Spring Giddiness, p. 36 — Variant translations: — Between wrongness and rightness there is a field. I will meet you there. — As quoted in Counselling Psychology: Integration of Theory, Research and Supervised Practice (1998) by Petruska Clarkson — Out beyond the world of ideas of wrong doing and right doing, there is a field. I will meet you there. — As quoted in Lightning in a Bottle: Proven Lessons for Leading Change (2000) by David H. Baum — Out beyond ideas of right and wrong doing, there is a field. I will meet you there. — As quoted in Architects of Peace: Visions of Hope in Words and Images (2002) by Michael Collopy, p. 109 — Out beyond ideas of rightdoing and wrongdoing There is a field. I will meet you there. — Strategic Learning in a Knowledge Economy: Individual, Collective and Organizational Learning Processes (2000) by Robert L. Cross and Sam B. Israelit
- work
- The Essential Rumi (1995)
- year
- 1995
- locator
- p. 36
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“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a fi…” Coleman Barks. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-C138C466C5. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/c138c466c5
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