| About the Mantiq al-Tayr |
"And silently their shining Lord replies:
'I am a mirror set before your eyes,
And all who come before my splendor see
Themselves, their own unique reality ...
... The Simurgh, Truth's last flawless jewel, the light
In which you will be lost to mortal sight,
Dispersed to nothingness until once more
You find in Me the selves you were before.'"
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| Friday, October 20, 2006 |
| The devil complains |
A sluggard once approached a fasting saint
And, baffled by despair, made this complaint:
'The devil is a highwayman, a thief,
Who's ruined me and robbed me of belief.'
The saint replied: 'Young man, the devil too
Has made his way here to complain -- of you.
'My province is the world,' I heard him say;
'Tell this new pilgrim of God's holy Way
To keep his hands off what is mine -- if I
Attack him it's because his fingers pry
In my affairs; if he will leave me be,
He's no concern of mine and can go free.'
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