I am my beloved and my lover
I am in love with no other than myself, and my very separation is my union… I am my beloved and my lover; I am my knight and my maiden. – Ibn ‘Arabi
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True love has no Lover or Beloved
Know that what appears to be Love for an ‘other’ is really Love of Self because ‘other’ doesn’t exist. So this innermost Love can be given to no ‘other’. Love of friends is for the sake of Self, not for body to body. True love has no Lover or Beloved because all Love is Love…
In the end all things return to the One
How wide are the horizons of the spinning earth! The moonlight leads the tides and the sun’s light will not be confined within the net of heaven. But in the end all things return to the One. The deaf and the dumb, the crippled and deformed are all restored to One’s perfection. – Hsu Yun
Lord, where shall I find you
Lord, where shall I find you? Your place is lofty and secret. And where shall I not find you? The whole earth is full of your glory! You are found in our innermost heart, yet you fixed earth’s boundaries. You are a strong tower for those who are near and the trust of those who…
The experience of life
The experience of life consists of the experience which the spirit has of itself in matter and as matter, in mind and as mind, in emotion, as emotion, etc. – Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan
The I is as real as…
The “I” in “I think” and “I do” is as real as the “it” in “it rains” and “it is cold.” – Leo Hartong
Only God I saw
In the market, in the cloister – only God I saw. In the valley and on the mountain – only God I saw. Him I have seen beside me oft in tribulation; In favor and in fortune – only God I saw. In prayer and fasting, in praise and contemplation, In the religion of the…
A kind of optical delusion
A human being is part of the whole, called by us ‘Universe’; a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest—a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves…
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