I died as inanimate matter and arose a plant,I died as a plant and rose again an animal.I died as an animal and arose a man.Why then should I fear to become less by dying?I shall die once again as a manTo rise an angel perfect from head to foot!Again when I suffer dissolution as an angel,I shall become what passes the conception of man!Let me then become non-existent, for non-existenceSings to me in organ tones, 'To him shall we return...Rumi