It's stating that the irony of our flaws is that we can't see them while others can. We are all delusional to our own flaws, yet see others as though they were wounds on their faces. The irony is, if we were able to see ourselves from an outside perspective (or look within us as the poem suggests) the pain of our realization would save us.
austinmulkamusic t1_jc6j4ee wrote
Reply to comment by Sanity_LARP in [image] If he could see his nothingness and his deadly, festering wound, pain would arise from looking within, and that pain would save him. - Rumi by bentschji
It's stating that the irony of our flaws is that we can't see them while others can. We are all delusional to our own flaws, yet see others as though they were wounds on their faces. The irony is, if we were able to see ourselves from an outside perspective (or look within us as the poem suggests) the pain of our realization would save us.