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“God Is Within”
“‘Scientists may hold up the material world as the be-all and end-all, but they are mistaken. Artists may claim that beauty alone is divine. Lovers know that their beloved is the all-supreme goddess. But all of them are wrong. What they are worshipping is actually the Reality shining through the material world, the ceramic wall, […]
Continue reading“Angels”
“Soon their inner vision was filled with the presence of angels. The celestial beings were conglomerations of soft, white particles of light. They not only glowed but pulsated. Only vaguely humanoid in appearance, the angels emanated a feeling of perfect peace and deep joy. Gradually, the angels’ light ceased to be individualized; rather, it merged […]
Continue reading“Immanence of God”
“‘The Quran says that God is nearer to man than his jugular vein. He is the parchment upon which all this beauty is constantly being illuminated. But how difficult it is for man to see the parchment behind the colorful illustrations! The common soul splashes about on the surface of the sea, while the true […]
Continue reading“Cherry Blossom Heaven”
“Rumi led them down a narrow pathway that looked to be the sunlit entrance to heaven. The ground was completely covered by brilliant white snowdrops. Interspersed with their white blooms were delicately green stems. The sunlight streaming down on this natural carpet of flowers caused it to gently undulate, to ever-so-slightly pulse, and to quiver […]
Continue reading“Sufi Wisdom”
“Rumi scanned the faces of all his guests. He smiled in an utterly childlike, innocent manner. “It is unimportant for us to put all these labels, these words, on things. The labels are, after all, the problem in the first place. We separate ourselves from God’s Being by constantly attaching words to what we ought […]
Continue reading“In Ancient Turkey”
“Dev opened his eyes and was surprised to find himself on the top of a plateau covered with rich steppes. Gently undulating lowlands stretched out below him. On the horizon rose jagged-faced and sharp-pinnacled mountains. Off to the left, a huge jade green lake spread out its calm waters. In the distance he could hear […]
Continue reading“The Great Stage”
“Invisibly, the sun had now set. The sun makes the utter difference between an apparently living and a seemingly dead nature. As he plays on the water, a thousand transcendental thoughts pass through my mind. Each mirror glint on the sea reflects the Consciousness that put it there. As he reflects on the ephemerals of […]
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