Into the deep and dazzling darkness
That we may merge into the deep and dazzling darkness, vanish into it, dissolve in it forever in an unbelievable bliss beyond imagination, for absolute nothingness represents absolute bliss. – Gregory of Nyssa
Selflessness
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Her heart is full of joy with love
Her heart is full of joy with love, for in the Lord her mind is stilled. She has renounced every selfish attachment and draws abiding joy and strength from the One within. She lives not for herself, but lives to serve the Lord of Love in all, and swims across the sea of life breasting…
No more worry
One in all, all in one. If only this is realized, no more worry about your not being perfect! – Seng T’san
What is reality?
What is worship? To realize reality. What is the sacred law? To do no evil. What is reality? Selflessness. – Ansari of Herat
The empty heart
In the empty heart, void of self can be heard the echoing cry, “I am the Truth.” Thus is man one with the eternal. Travelling, travel and traveller have become one. – Mahmud Shabistari
In God there is no duality
In God there is no duality. In that Presence “I” and “we” and “you” do not exist. “I” and “you” and “we” and “He” become one…. Since in the Unity there is no distinction, the Quest and the Way and the Seeker become one. – Mahmud Shabistari
Learn to lose yourself
Know that when you learn to lose yourself, you will reach the Beloved. There is no other secret to be learned, and more than that is not known to me. – Al-Ansari
It does not exist
As long as I continue to take myself seriously, how can I consider myself a saint? How can I consider myself a contemplative? For the self I bother about does not really exist, never will, never did – except in my own imagination. – Thomas Merton
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