VADAN sufism islam

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0hen 1e gi$es you a #lo%' 1e may gi$e a #lo% e$en #y the hand o your most

lo$ing riend-

and %hen 1e caresses you' 1e may caress you #y the hand o your #itterest

enemy/

+et courage #e thy s%ord and patience #e thy shield' my soldier/

0ide space' the %om# o my heart' concei$e my thought' I pray' and gi$e #irth to

my desire/

2$ery soul&s longing am I- e$ery heart hears My

call- e$eryone eels My impulse' My riend as %ell as My oe/

My thoughts I ha$e so%n on the soil o your mind-

My lo$e has penetrated your heart-

My %ord I ha$e put into your mouth-

My light has illuminated your %hole #eing-

My %ork I ha$e gi$en into your hand/

0e ha$e made all orms in order to complete the image o man/

3ne day I met the +ord ace to ace' and' #ending my knees' I prayed'

4Tell me' 3 ing o *ompassion' is it Thou %ho punishest the sinner and gi$est

re%ards to the $irtuous one,4

and said 1e' smiling' 4the sinner attracts his punishment- the $irtuous earns his

re%ard/4

A+ANA"AS

(5anciul e!pressions o ideas)

No claim' ho%e$er great' can #e e6ual to you' my mysterious sel-

and yet it may #e you %ould not pro$e %orthy o the smallest proession you

made/

7n$eil Thy ace' elo$ed' that I may #ehold Thy glorious $ision/

2!pand my heart' +ord' to the %idth o the sky' that the %hole cosmos #e relectedin my soul/


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0here$er Thou shalt cast Thy glance' elo$ed' a ne% sun %ill rise there/

+it my soul' 3 gentle #ree8e' and carry it to the a#ode o the elo$ed/

+et my heart relect Thy light' 3 +ord' as in a pool o %ater the sun is relected/

0hen I see Thy glorious $ision' I am mo$ed to ecstasy' elo$ed.

%a$es rise in my heart' and my heart turns into the sea/

3 rose#ud' thy #looming gi$es me the impression o my elo$ed&s countenance/

Thy in$asion' elo$ed' through the storm' arouses my deepest passions/

I hear' +ord' Thy speechless call in the su#limity o nature/

+ight is Thy ace' and shade is Thy #osom' elo$ed/

+o$e' I do not kno% %hether to call Thee my enemy or my riend/

Thou raisest me to the highest hea$en' and Thou thro%est me deep into the inernal

region/

Thou leadest me astray' and it is Thou alone %ho guidest me on the right path/

5rom Thee' 3 +o$e' all $irtues I learn' and Thou art the source o all my

inirmities/

+o$e' Thou art a curse and a #liss at the same time/

My heart' gather thysel together as the rose holds its petals/

Thy a$ora#le glance causes the sun to rise in my heart' elo$ed-

and %ith the turning o Thy glance' the sun sets/

3 into!icating air coming rom her d%elling9place' thou mo$est my soul to

ecstasy/

I ha$e lo$ed in lie and I ha$e #een lo$ed/

I ha$e drunk the #o%l o poison rom the hands o lo$e as nectar'and ha$e #een raised a#o$e lie&s :oy and sorro%/


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My heart' alame in lo$e' set aire e$ery heart that came in touch %ith it/

My heart has #een rent and :oined again-

My heart has #een #roken and again made %hole-

My heart has #een %ounded and healed again-

A thousand deaths my heart has died' and thanks #e to lo$e' it li$es yet/

I %ent through hell and sa% there lo$e&s raging ire'and I entered hea$en illumined %ith the light o lo$e/

I %ept in lo$e and made all %eep %ith me-

I mourned in lo$e and pierced the hearts o men-

And %hen my iery glance ell on the rocks' the rocks #urst orth as $olcanoes/

The %hole %orld sank in the lood caused #y my one tear-

0ith my deep sigh the earth trem#led'

and %hen I cried aloud the name o my #elo$ed' I shook the throne o God in

hea$en/

I #o%ed my head lo% in humility' and on my knees I #egged o lo$e'

4Disclose to me' I pray thee' 3 lo$e' thy secret/4

She took me gently #y my arms and lited me a#o$e the earth' and spoke sotly inmy ear'

4My dear one' thou thysel art lo$e' art lo$er' and thysel art the #elo$ed %hom thou

hast adored/4

+et the hea$ens #e relected in the earth' +ord'

that the earth may turn into hea$en/

+et Thy %ord' God' #ecome my lie&s e!pression/

Speak to me rom %ithin' my +ord- the ears o Thy ser$ant are listening/

My holy pilgrimage' God' is to the sacred d%elling o Thy %orshipper/

Thou comest on earth' +ord' to sa$e man' in the guise o the godly/

Speak to me' my +ord' through the %ords o Thy Messenger/

My heart is no longer mine' since Thou has made it Thy d%elling9place' my +ord/

Thou %ilt grant my %ishes' 3 no%er o my heart/

3 +o$e' I %ould gi$e up throne and cro%n to #ecome a sla$e at Thy mercy/


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+et me orget mysel' +ord' that I may #ecome conscious o Thy eing/

Nature sotly %hispers Thy %ord to my ears/

I see Thine o%n image' +ord' in Thy creation/

It is %ith Thy might alone that I can lit up lie&s responsi#ilities/

In the image o man' my #elo$ed +ord' I see Thine o%n countenance/

In the orm o man I see the arch%ay to Thy d%elling place/

The heart o man is Thy sacred shrine/

Thy di$ine compassion radiates in ullness through the heart o the mother/

Through the lo$ing heart o %oman maniests Thy di$ine grace/

Nature sings to me Thy song/

3 #elo$ed ideal o my soul' pray sho% thysel to me in human guise/

+et me eel Thy em#race' elo$ed' on all planes o e!istence/

My eeling heart is dra%n to Thee' +ord' %hen Thou comest in the orm o man/

It is Thy di$ine purity that is maniest in the innocent e!pression o the child/

eore %homsoe$er I #o%' I #end #eore Thy throne/

In sympathi8ing %ith e$eryone' I oer my lo$e to Thee' my elo$ed/

Teach me' 3 +ord' the innocence o the child' an angel on earth/


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Nature is a #ridge to cross to Thy d%elling9place/

My heart' as a tree in the orest' stands patiently %aiting/

0ide hori8on' thou makest my heart %ide as thysel/

Thou art my lie and Thou art my sustenance' God/

My lips hold the prayer in them as the rose#ud holds ragrance in its heart/

"iding on the horse o hope' 1olding in my hand the rein o courage'

*lad in the armor o patience'

And the helmet o endurance on my head'

I started on my :ourney to the land o lo$e/

A lance o stern aith in my hand'

And the s%ord o irm con$iction #uckled on'

0ith the knapsack o sincerity

And the shield o earnestness'

I ad$anced on the path o lo$e/

My ears closed to the distur#ing noise o the %orld'

My eyes turned rom all that %as calling me on the

0ay'

My heart #eating the rhythm o my e$er9rising aspiration'

And my #la8ing soul guiding me on the path'

I made my %ay through the space/

I %ent through the thick orests o perpetual desire' I crossed the running ri$ers o

longing/

I passed through the deserts o silent suering' I clim#ed the steep hills o

continual strie/

5eeling e$er some presence in the air' I asked' 4Are you there' my lo$e,4

And a $oice came to my ears' saying' 4No' still urther am I/4

Su#lime nature' thy relection produces in my heart God&s glorious $ision/ I #end to%ards thee' 3 mother earth' in $eneration o the 5ather in hea$en/


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5lo%ers are the ootprints o Thy dancing steps/

I look up to Thee %ith raised head and palms :oined in %orship' like the rockymountains/

Space' I ind in thee the ormless God/

0hen I am a#sor#ed in Thy glorious $ision' elo$ed' e$en my tear9drops turn into

stars/

+et me not #e detained in the hea$ens' +ord' or I long impatiently to come to Thyd%elling9place/

Since my soul has caught Thy light' my glance has #ecome a comet/

Thy di$ine spark in my heart is as the de%drop in the rose-

let me treasure it' +ord' as the shell preser$es the pearl/

+et Thy sun shine in my heart/

+ike the setting sun' I #end my head lo% at Thy eet' in lo$ing surrender/

+it the #arrier' +ord' that di$ides Thee rom me/

Thou %ilt guide me aright' +ord- I am a child on lie&s path/

In the #looming rose I see the charm o Thy lo$ely countenance/

+et my aith #e as irm as mountains' +ord' standing unshaken through %ind and

storm/

Immensity o space' thou sho%est to me the ma:esty o 1is presence/


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Since Thy :oyul smile has produced a ne% light in my heart' I see the sun shine

e$ery%here/

+et my imperect sel ad$ance to%ards Thy perect eing' +ord' as the crescent

rises to ullness/

Silent $oice' in the stillness o night I hear thy %hisper/

The gently9#lo%ing %ind kindles the ire o my heart/

0hen I see in Thy hand an unsheathed s%ord' elo$ed'

#lood gushes out o my heart as the rising spring/

Send on humanity' +ord' the sho%er o Thy mercy and compassion/

My heart melts in Thy light' elo$ed' as sno% in the sun/

2$ery stem #ecomes Thy reed' e$ery lea #ecomes Thy inger' elo$ed'

%hen Thou playest Thy lute in the %ilderness/

My soul' like a compass' keeps pointing to Thee'

%hile my lie is passing through the storm/

Pro$idence' allo% me to hold long lie&s glorious moments' I pray'

or the time that is once past %ill ne$er return/

Thou teachest me patience' su#lime nature' #y thy patient %aiting/

In the light I #ehold Thy #eauty' elo$ed-through the darkness Thy mystery is re$ealed to my heart/

+et Thy ser$ant' 3 +ord' #e my Master/

Though the e$er9mo$ing lie is my nature' thou art my $ery #eing' 3 stillness/

The light is Thy di$ine radiance' elo$ed' and shade is the shado% o Thy

#eautiul sel/


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My lie speeds to%ards Thee as the #lo%ing o the %ind/

+et Thy di$ine kno%ledge spread o$er my heart as the sno% co$ers the mountain/

It is Thy s%eetness' elo$ed' %hich I en:oy in the s%eet ragrance o the rose/

My heart has #ecome an ocean' elo$ed' since Thou hast poured Thy lo$e into it/

Tree' you #less me #y your outstretched hands/

2arth is attracted to earth- %ater is dra%n to %ater-my soul yearns to #e in Thy #osom' elo$ed' in the %ide space/

I hear Thy %hisper' elo$ed' in the morning #ree8e/

Dig my heart' elo$ed' and Thou %ilt ind in its depth the spring o Thy lo$e/

My soul is Thy spirit' Master' no% that I e!ist no more/

It is Thee' elo$ed' %hom I see in all names and orms/

Thou art closer to me than my sel/

+et Thy might strengthen me' Thy light inspire me' +ord'

and Thy lo$e mo$e my soul to the ultimate :oy/

My lie is running to%ards Thee' 3 di$ine 3cean' as the ri$er lo%s to the sea/

"ose' in thy petals I see the rosy cheeks o my elo$ed/

Make me lose mysel' +ord' in Thy $ision/

+et e$ery moment o lie %hisper Thy name to my ears/


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Thou #lo%est the ire o my heart' elo$ed' #y anning it %ith the luttering

lea$es/

+ight is Thine eye' elo$ed' and shade is its pupil/

e Thou #eore me' +ord' %hen I am a%ake' and %ithin me %hen I am asleep/

In my $eneration or the aged I %orship Thee' 3 God/

I drink the %ine o Thy di$ine presence and lose mysel in its into!ication/

+et my soul relect' elo$ed' the #eauty o Thy color and orm/

+et my heart #loom in Thy lo$e as the rose/

As in$isi#le as space' as inconcei$a#le as time' is Thy #eing' 3 +ord/

Teach me' +ord' to tread upon the sea o lie/

2$en the #ranches s%ing in ecstasy %hen they recei$e Thy message/

Su#lime nature' let my heart ind rest in thy stillness/

In the light Thou art maniest' God- in the shade Thou art hidden/

3ne more cup' elo$ed' that I may entirely lose mysel/

I see the elo$ed&s #eauty in all colors and in all orms/

5lo%ers speak to me o Thy lo$eliness' and tell me ho% #eautiul Thou art/

5ill my heart %ith Thy di$ine #eauty as Thou illest space %ith the splendor o Thy

%onderul creation/


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1ea$en has Thy light and the earth Thy shade/

Gentle #ree8e' thy touch to me is the caress o the elo$ed/

+et me rise to%ards Thee %ith the rising o the sun/

The sun sets' the moon %anes' the spring passes' the year ends/

I asked o lie' 4Tell me' ho% long %ill you continue to #e,4 then said lie' 4I shall

li$e ore$er/4

lo%ing %ind' carry my message' I pray' to the d%elling place o the di$ineelo$ed/

0e shall see %ho %ill endure to the end' my perse$ering ad$ersary or I %ith my long9

cherished patience/

The %a$es o the sea' e$en as I' rise %ith outstretched hands to reach Thee' +ord' and

all at Thy eet in ecstasy/

3 nature su#lime' pregnant %ith di$ine spirit' thou speakest the prayer that rises

rom my heart/

+et my heart relect Thy di$ine light' +ord' as the moon relects the light o the

sun/

1appiness' certainly thou didst play hide9and9seek %ith me-

since I ha$e #een in thy pursuit' I sa% in the %orld thy shado% cast' and in paradise Isa% thy relection-

in pleasure I sa% a $eil o$er thy #eautiul countenance' in pain I sa% the dust lying

#eneath thy eet/

My intuition' has thou e$er decei$ed me,

No' ne$er/ It is my reason %hich so oten deludes me'

or it comes rom %ithout- thou art rooted %ithin my heart/

+et me #e melted in Thy di$ine ocean as a pearl in %ine/


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Alone on the sea' alone on land/ In the cro%d and in solitude' alone I stand/

My considerate sel' seek not pleasure through the pain o another'

lie through the death o another'gain through the loss o another'

nor honor through the humiliation o another/

+et my heart #ecome the spring o Thine ininite lie' rising or e$er and e$er/

I see Thy mystery hidden' elo$ed' under the petals o the lo%er/

My heart' hold closely the oil %hich keeps the light #urning/

Pain' my lie9long comrade' i all %ent and let me' you %ould still #e there/

0ith the opening and closing o Thine eyes' elo$ed' the sun rises and sets in my

heart/

My sel' ho% %onderul it is to eel that i no one in the %orld understood me' still

you %ould understand/

My heart is mo$ed to tears #y thy s%it mo$ing' 3 gentle air/

Those %ho are gi$en li#erty #y 1im to act reely' are nailed on the earth-

and those %ho are ree to act as they choose on the earth' %ill #e nailed in the

hea$ens/

My sense o shame' did I not uphold thine honor' standing assaulted #y the onslaught

rom e$ery side,

The #lo%ing rose #rings to me Thy perume' elo$ed' %hich mo$es my heart to

ecstasy/

"aise me' +ord- let me not #e dro%ned in the sea o mortality/

Speak' +ord' in the stillness o nature- my heart&s ears are open to hear Thy call/


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My endurance' thou hast crushed me

until I #ecame thy clay kneaded to make a #ody or the di$ine Spirit to d%ell in/

3 nature su#lime' in thy silence I hear thy mournul cry/

2$er9mo$ing sea o lie' am I not #ut a %a$e rising in thy heart,

Thanks to the %inner o my heart' there is nothing o me let any more/

My thoughtul sel'

ear all and do nothing'1ear all and say nothing'

Gi$e all and take nothing'

Ser$e all and #e nothing/

0hile I %as roaming through the orest' a thorn pricked my #are oot and cried' 4Ah'

you ha$e crushed me/4

I elt sorry and I asked its orgi$eness/

A %asp lying in the air stung my arm and cried' 4Ah' you ha$e caught me in your

slee$e/4


My oot slipped and I ell in a pool o muddy %ater/ The %ater cried' 4Ah' you ha$e

distur#ed me/4


I a#sently happened to touch a #urning ire' and the ire cried' 4Ah' you ha$e

e!tinguished me/4


I asked my gentle sel' 41a$e you recei$ed any harm,4

4e thankul'4 said she' 4that is %as not %orse/4

I %ill soar higher than the highest hea$en'

I %ill di$e deeper than the depths o the ocean'

I %ill reach urther than the %ide hori8on'

I %ill enter %ithin my innermost #eing/

;ou kno% me #ut little' 3 e$erchanging lie'

< %ill li$e in that sphere %here death cannot reach/

I %ill raise my head high #eore you %ill turn your #ack to me'

I %ill close my lips #eore you %ill close the doors o your heart'

I %ill dry my tears #eore you %ill not respond to my sigh'

I %ill ly to the hea$ens' 3 %orld o illusion' #eore you %ill thro% me do%n on

the earth/


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G3+D2N "7+2S

My conscientious sel.

eep to your principles in prosperity as %ell as in ad$ersity/

e irm in aith through lie&s tests and trials/ Guard the secrets o riends as your most sacred trust/

3#ser$e constancy in lo$e/

reak not your %ord o honor %hate$er may #eall/

Meet the %orld %ith smiles in all conditions o lie/

0hen you possess something' think o the one %ho does not possess it/

7phold your honor at any cost/

1old your ideal high in all circumstances/

Do not neglect those %ho depend upon yon/

SI+V2" "7+2S


*onsider duty as sacred as religion/

7se tact on all occasions/

Place people rightly in your estimation/

e no more to anyone than you are e!pected to #e/

1a$e regard or the eelings o e$ery soul/

Do not challenge anyone %ho is not your e6ual/

Do not make a sho% o your generosity/

Do not ask a a$or o those %ho %ill not grant it you/

Meet your shortcomings %ith a s%ord o sel9respect/

+et not your spirit #e hum#led in ad$ersity/

*3PP2" "7+2S


*onsider your responsi#ility sacred/

e polite to all/ Do nothing %hich %ill make your conscience eel guilty/

2!tend your help %illingly to those in need/

Do not look do%n upon the one %ho looks up to you/

=udge not another #y your o%n la%/

ear no malice against your %orst enemy/

Inluence no one to do %rong/

e pre:udiced against no one/

Pro$e trust%orthy in all your dealings/

I"3N "7+2S


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My conscientious sel. Make no alse claims/

Speak not against others in their a#sence/

Do not take ad$antage o a person&s ignorance/

Do not #oast o your good deeds/

Do not claim that %hich #elongs to another/ Do not reproach others' making them irm in their aults/

Do not spare yoursel in the %ork %hich you must accomplish/

"ender your ser$ices aithully to all %ho re6uire them/

Seek not proit #y putting someone in straits/

1arm no one or your o%n #eneit/

S7"AS

(God speaking through the kindled soul)

Verily' the domain o e$ery soul is in his o%n sphere/

Verily' he in %hose heart my star shines is #lessed/

Verily' the man %ho li$es religion through his lie in the %orld is pious/

Verily' e$ery atom sets in motion each atom o the uni$erse/

Verily' in man is relected all that is in hea$en and on earth/

Verily' the po%er o the %ord can mo$e mountains/

Verily' the one %ho kno%s the inluence o time kno%s the secret o lie/

Verily' man is his o%n mind/

Verily' spirit has all the po%er there is/

0hen 1e gi$es 1is #ountiul gits' 1e may gi$e #y the hand o your %orst enemy-

and %hen 1e takes all you possess' 1e may take it a%ay e$en #y the hand o your

#est riend/


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Death takes a%ay the %eariness o lie' and the soul #egins lie ane%/

Death is a sleep rom %hich the soul a%akes in the hereater/

Death is the crucii!ion ater %hich ollo%s the resurrection/

Death is the night ater %hich the day #egins/

It is death %hich dies' not lie/

The lie e$erlasting is hidden in the heart o death/

"AGAS

(The human soul calling upon the #elo$ed God)

elo$ed' Thou makest me uller e$ery day/

Thou diggest into my heart deeper than the depths o the earth/

Thou raisest my soul higher than the highest hea$en'

making me more empty e$ery day and yet uller/

Thou makest me %ider than the ends o the %orld-

Thou stretchest my t%o arms across the land and the sea'

gi$ing into my enoldment the 2ast and the 0est/

Thou changest my lesh into ertile soil-

Thou turnest my #lood into streams o %ater-

Thou kneadest my clay' I kno%' to make a ne% uni$erse/

In the s%inging o the #ranches' in the lying o the #irds' and in the running o the

%ater' elo$ed'I see Thy %a$ing hand' #idding me good9#ye/

In the cooing o the %ind' in the roaring o the sea' and in the crashing o the

thunder' elo$ed'

I see Thee %eep and I hear Thy cry/

In the promise o the da%n' in the #reaking o the morn' in the smiles o the rose'

elo$ed'

I see Thy :oy at my homecoming/

+et Thy %ish #ecome my desire'

+et Thy %ill #ecome my deed'+et Thy %ord #ecome my speech' elo$ed'


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And Thy lo$e #ecome my creed/

+et my plant #ring orth Thy lo%ers'

+et my ruits produce Thy seed'

+et my heart #ecome Thy lute' elo$ed'

And my #ody Thy lute o reed/

0hen I close my eyes in the solitude' I see Thy glorious $ision in my heart'

and' opening my eyes amidst the cro%d' I see Thee acting on the stage o the

earth/

Al%ays I am in Thy da88ling presence' my elo$ed-

Thou takest me to hea$en' and Thou #ringest me on earth in the t%inkling o an

eye/

+et me not all lo% ater ha$ing raised me high-

let me not #ecome narro% ater ha$ing made me #road/+et me not #ecome small ater ha$ing once made me great-

thro% me not do%n' elo$ed' ater once Thou hast lited me up/

I looked and looked' to ind someone to %hom I might gi$e my trust-

#ut I ound no one' until I sa% Thee at last in my heart' holding in Thy hand the

record o my lie&s secret/

As I put mysel or%ard into the %orld' so I sho% my limitation' my ing-

#ut as I %ithdra% mysel rom the %orld' so I enter into Thy ingdom/

I look to Thee' 3 +ord' %hen the noose o death seems una$oida#le and nigh/

I look to Thee' 3 +ord' %hen %ith hea$y heart I see my #elo$ed ones depart/

I look to Thee' 3 +ord' %hen change and limit in the %orldly lo$e I see/

I look to Thee' 3 +ord' %hen all that I call mine is snatched a%ay rom my hand/

I look to Thee' 3 +ord' %hen my #oon companions turn their #ack in my sorro%/

I look to Thee' 3 +ord' %hen my hands are ull %ith %orldly strie/

I look to Thee' 3 +ord' %hen the higher sel raises me up and the lo%er sel %eighs

me do%n/I look to Thee' 3 +ord' %hen I try to do right and it turns to %rong/

I look to Thee' 3 +ord' %hen all in lie seems as naught to me and I eel a yearning

or something #eyond/

The spring that rises out o my heart Thou pourest upon me' my elo$ed'

and my spirit eels the e!altation o #eing dissol$ed under Thy di$ine sho%er/

0hen Thou didst sit upon Thy throne' %ith a cro%n upon Thy head'

I did prostrate mysel upon the ground and called Thee my +ord/0hen Thou didst stretch out Thy hands in #lessing o$er me'


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I knelt and called Thee my Master/

0hen Thou didst raise me rom the ground' holding me %ith Thine arms'

I dre% closer to Thee and called Thee my elo$ed/

ut %hen Thy caressing hands held my head ne!t to Thy glo%ing heart and Thou

didst kiss me'

I smiled and called Thee mysel/

0hat I may not see' let me not see-

0hat I may not hear' let me not hear-

0hat I may not kno%' I ask not to kno%/

elo$ed' I am contented %ith #oth Thy speech and Thy silence/

+et him not see me %ho should not see me-

+et him not hear me %ho %ill not hear me-

+et him not kno% me %ho need not kno% me/ elo$ed' $eil and un$eil me as Thy %isdom chooseth/

y Thy skillul hands Thou hast made these lo%ers-

#y the po%er o Thy magic glance Thou hast colored them so #eautiully.

Thou hast #reathed on lo%ers' gi$ing them lie and radiance'

and %ith a kiss Thou hast made them ragrant/

+et my insight #e deeper than the ocean-

let my mind #e more ertile than the land-

let my heart #e %ider than the hori8on' elo$ed-

and let my soul soar higher than Paradise/

2$ery orm I see is Thine o%n orm' my +ord'

And e$ery sound I hear is Thine o%n $oice-

In the perume o lo%ers I percei$e the ragrance o Thy spirit-

In e$ery %ord spoken to me I hear Thy $oice' my +ord/

All that touches me is Thine o%n touch-

In e$erything I taste I en:oy the sa$or o Thy delicious spirit/

In e$ery place I eel Thy presence' elo$ed-

In e$ery %ord that alls on my ears I hear Thy message/

2$erything that touches me' thrills me %ith the :oy o Thy kiss-

0here$er I roam' I meet Thee-

0here$er I reach' I ind Thee' my +ord-0here$er I look' I see Thy glorious $ision-


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0hate$er I touch' I touch Thy #elo$ed hand/

0homsoe$er I see' I see Thee in his soul-

0hoe$er aught gi$es to me' I take it rom Thee/

To %homsoe$er I gi$e' I hum#ly oer it to Thee' +ord-

0hoe$er comes to me' it is Thou %ho comest-

3n %homsoe$er I call' I call on Thee/

Turn me not aside' elo$ed' once Thou hast granted me Thy a$or-

star$e me not o a kiss' ater Thou hast enolded me-

grie$e me not' elo$ed' since Thou hast made me smile-

turn not a%ay Thine eyes' once Thou hast poured the %ine o Thy magic glance into

the cup o my heart/

2nter unhesitatingly' elo$ed' or in this a#ode there is naught #ut my longing or

Thee/Do I call Thee my soul, ut Thou art my spirit/

*an I call Thee my lie, ut Thou li$est ore$er/

May I call Thee my elo$ed, ut Thou art +o$e itsel/

Then %hat must I call Thee, I must call Thee mysel/

0hy did I not recogni8e Thee %hen irst I opened my eyes on the earth,

0hy did I not respond to Thee %hen I heard Thy enchanting $oice,

0hy did I not eel Thy gentle hand %hen Thou didst caress my ace,

0hy did I not cling to Thee' elo$ed' %hen Thou lo$ingly didst kiss my lips,

0hen I #egan to look or Thee' in the t%inkling o an eye Thou didst disappear/

0hen I started in Thy pursuit' Thou didst mo$e a%ay rom me still arther/

0hen I called Thee aloud in my distress' Thou didst not hear my soul&s #itter cry/

*ross9legged I sat in silence- then alone I heard Thy call/

0hy ha$e I t%o eyes i not to #ehold Thy glorious $ision,

0hy ha$e I t%o ears i not to hear Thy gentle %hisper,

0hy ha$e I the sense o smell i not to #reathe the essence o Thy spirit,0hy ha$e I t%o lips' elo$ed' i not to kiss Thy #eautiul countenance,

0hy ha$e I t%o hands i not to %ork in Thy di$ine cause,

0hy ha$e I t%o legs i not to %alk in Thy spiritual path,

0hy ha$e I a $oice i not to sing Thy celestial song,

0hy ha$e I a heart' elo$ed' i not to make it Thy sacred d%elling,

Did < not lea$e the unseen %orld in Thy pursuit,

1a$e I not come to this %orld o limitations in search o Thee,

1a$e I not ollo%ed Thy ootprints on this earth,

1a$e I not looked or Thy light in the hea$ens,ut %here did I ind Thee' elo$ed' at last,


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1iding in my heart/

2$ery step in Thy path dra%s me nearer to Thee'

e$ery #reath in Thy thought e!hilarates my spirit'

e$ery glimpse o Thy smile is inspiring to my soul'e$ery tear in Thy lo$e' elo$ed' e!alts my #eing/

TANAS

(The soul speaking %ith nature)

+ittle dandelions' %hat are you doing here,

990e relect on earth the stars in the hea$ens/

+ittle pool' %hy is your %ater so muddy,

99ecause o my narro% mind and depthless heart/

*oal' %hat makes you so #lack,

99I am the e$il o the ages accumulated in the heart o the earth/

0hat is your penalty,

99I must pass through a trial #y ire/

0hat #ecomes o you in the end,

99I turn into a diamond/

2arth' to the clouds.990hy did you come #ack ater once you had deserted me,

99The hea$ens %ould not ha$e us #eore %e had reconciled oursel$es %ith you/

+ittle rose#ud' %hat do you hold #et%een your hands, 99The secret o my #eauty/

Sunlo%er' %hat are you,

99I am the eye o the seeker %ho searches or the light/

Death' %hat are you,

99I am the shado% o lie/

Death' o %hat are you #orn,

99I am #orn o ignorance/

Death' %here is your a#ode,

99My a#ode is in the mind o illusion/

Death' do you e$er die,

99;es' %hen pierced #y the arro% o the seer&s glance/

Death' %hom do you dra% near to you, 99I dra% him closer %ho is attracted to me/


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Death' %hom do you lo$e,

99I lo$e him %ho longs or me/

Death' %hom do you attend,

99I readily attend him %ho calls on me/

Death' %hom do you righten,

99I righten the one %ho is not amiliar %ith me/ Death' %hom do you caress,

99The one %ho lies trustully in my arms/

Death' %ith %hom are you se$ere,

99I am se$ere %ith him %ho does not readily respond to my call/

Death' %hom do you ser$e,

99I ser$e the godly' and %hen he returns home I carry his #aggage/

oat.99I take you in my #osom on the %ater/

0agon.99I carry you on my #ack on the land/

"oselo%er' %hy are your lips drooping,

99I am thinking o$er my glorious past/

0hy do you rise' %a$e' %ith the coming o the %ind,

99To recei$e the message it #rings/

Moth.99I ga$e you my lie/

5lame.99I allo%ed you to kiss me/

Sea' %hy is your color #lue,

99It is hea$en relected in my %hite heart/

2arth' tell me your moral principle/

99I lay mysel #eore those %ho pass o$er me' and those %ho come unto me' to them I

open my heart/

Night' %hy do you cry so mournully,

99I cry o$er the lo$ing souls %hom lie has thro%n apart' and those %hom destiny %ill

separate one day/

Night' %hy are you so dark,

99+ight has let me/

Night' %hat makes you so #eautiul,

99The coming o the moon' %hich has #rought me %isdom&s message/

0ind' %hat makes the sea respond to you so %holeheartedly, 99In her I ha$e touched her deepest chord/


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0ind' %hat ha$e you done to thrill the %hole #eing o the sea to passion,

99Nothing' only gi$en a kiss/

4So4 gi$es rise to an argument- 40hy,4 continues it- and it ends in 4No/4

0hat sense is there' 3 moth' in #urning yoursel in trying to kiss the light,

99My :oy in it is greater than my sacriice/

0a$es' %hy does the %ind come and then go rom you,

99It comes to %ake us' and lea$es us to sol$e the pro#lem among oursel$es/

Mo$ing %a$es' the %ind has let you and you are still in commotion/

990e are still repeating the %ord it has taught us- it mo$es our %hole #eing toecstasy/

0a$es' %hy do you all #ecome e!cited and then all calm together,

99ecause #ehind our indi$idual action there is one impulse %orking/

"ising %a$es' %hat moti$e is #ehind your impulse,

99The desire to reach up%ards/

Sea' %hat is it that makes you so chaotic,

99No sooner does the air %hisper to my ears the message o %isdom'

than an enormous trou#le #egins %ithin mysel/

Storm' you in$ade us suddenly %ithout any %arning>

99I send my ultimatum #y the hand o the %ind' #eore starting gunire/

Storm' %hy are the clouds #eing scattered no%,

99I ha$e gi$en orders or demo#ili8ation/

Storm' %hy do you send the rain ater you ha$e gone,

99To make peace %ith the earth/

Man.99De$il' %ill you #e my riend,De$il.99I am at your disposal/

0a$es.99Do %e not lay oursel$es in complete surrender #eore you or you to pass

o$er us,

Then listen to our re6uest. thro% into the %ater those you carry in your #osom/

oat.99No' I am not like you %ho dro%n #eneath your eet those %ho seek reuge in

your arms/

The ones %hom I hold in my heart' either I sink %ith them or I carry them saely to

their destination/


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2arthly riches' e!plain to me your character/

99I ly rom the hand that holds me' I escape rom the one %ho pursues me'

I all into his purse %ho collects me' I li$e %ith him %ho spares me'

I lea$e the one %ho does not look ater me' I keep a%ay rom him %ho has me

not/

The one %ho does not possess me is poor indeed'#ut the one %ho possesses me is poorer still/

GAMAAS

(5eelings o a poet&s heart' keyed to $arious notes)

I %ould rather ha$e a lasting pain than a pleasure that passes a%ay/

My mind ne$er changes' #ut I change my mind %hene$er I %ish/

My soul oten has the eeling o #eing stretched'

held ast #y the hea$ens and pulled continually #y the earth/

My errors do not lull me to sleep' #ut they open my eyes to a deeper $ision o lie/

My smallest %ork in the inner plane is %orth more than all I do in the outer %orld/

No sooner is my heart struck than a s%itch is turned and the light appears/

All that I can manage in lie' I take as my responsi#ility'

#ut all that I cannot manage' I lea$e to God/

0hen I try to do some good to the others' I ne$er think it is enough-#ut %hen I recei$e the slightest good rom others' I eel it is more than suicient/

0hen I open my eyes to the outer %orld I eel mysel as a drop in the sea-

#ut %hen I close my eyes and look %ithin' I see the %hole uni$erse as a #u##le raised

in the ocean o my heart/

1o% did I rise a#o$e narro%ness, The edges o my o%n %alls #egan to hurt my

el#o%s/

I %ould die proud rather than li$e a long lie o humiliation/


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All that is done and cannot #e helped' I lea$e to ate-

#ut I eel mysel responsi#le or all that is to #e done/

The scriptures ha$e called 1im the *reator- the Masons ha$e called 1im theArchitect-

#ut I kno% 1im as the Actor on this stage o lie/

< respect all those o great names' #ut seek continually the nameless/

I am resigned to the past' attenti$e to the present' and hopeul or the uture/

I accept no reusal rom the hea$ens/

*hrist. 1is image in the church' 1is spirit in my soul/

< ha$e not come to teach %hat you kno% not-

I ha$e come to deepen in you that %isdom %hich is yours already/

1e %ho has lost me' is lost- he %ho has ound me' has ound lie eternal/

My presence stimulates in your heart that eeling %hich must al%ays #e kept ali$e/

e not disappointed i I tell you a#out things %hich are already kno%n to you/

"eali8e that they can ne$er #e repeated too many times/

There is nothing too good or too #ad or me'

since I am conscious o that reality %hich is hidden and yet co$ers all/

I am %hat I am- #y trying to #e something' I make that sel limited %ho in reality

is all/

I do not gi$e you my ideas- %hat I gi$e you is my personal kno%ledge/

My heart is the key to the hearts o men/


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I need remo$e no one to place another in my heart-

my heart is large enough to accommodate each and all/

I learn rom my mureeds more than they learn rom me/

I neither deend the %rongdoer nor do I condemn him/

I try to do the right %hich seems right to me at the moment-

at another moment the same may seem to me %rong/

Thereore' I do not attempt to impose my right upon the one %ho does not see the

right o it/

Nothing ne% I say %hen I speak-

I only rene% the memory o things %hich may not #e orgotten/

I play my melody %hile e$eryone sings his o%n song/

My riends lull me to sleep' #ut my enemies keep me a%ake/

Praise ans the glo% o my heart' and #lame turns it into a #la8e/

0hat has happened' has happened-

%hat I am going through' I shall rise a#o$e-

and %hat %ill come' I %ill meet %ith courage/

0hile I am %orking' I learn something-

%hile I am thinking' I discern something-

%hile I am speaking' I teach something-%hile I am silent' I reach something/

Art is dear to my heart' #ut nature is near to my soul/

I I %ere not as I am' I %ould not ha$e #een %hat I am/

0hen I open my eyes and look at the %ide %orld' I #ecome great-

%hen I close my eyes and look %ithin' I #ecome greater still/


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37+AS

(indled %ords)

A $irtue carried too ar may #ecome a sin/

At the end o the $alley o sin' do not #e surprised i you ind $irtue standing/

Souls unite at the meeting o a glance/

Success spoils people' ailure ruins them/

Things are as you look at them/

3ne %ho is ne$er alone does not kno% the :oy o #eing alone/

The heart %hich is not struck #y the s%eet smiles o an inant is still asleep/

elie is a conception' #ut aith is con$iction/

To lo$e is a sin' and not to lo$e is a crime/

0hen acts all dead' truth comes to lie/

Nothing matters really' though e$erything matters/

Neither ight e$il nor em#race it- simply rise a#o$e it/

The pursuit ater truth is more interesting than its attainment/

0hen one has risen a#o$e human lo$e' di$ine lo$e springs orth/

Shatter your ideals upon the rock o truth/

+et your $irtues dissol$e in the sea o purity/


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Make your doctrines uel or the higher intelligence/

;ou need not trust the one %hom you do not kno%' so long as you do not distrusthim/

It is easy to #e :ust' #ut diicult to #e %ise/

I you %ill not rise a#o$e the things o this %orld' they %ill rise a#o$e you/

2$en the %isest man must sometimes stray rom %isdom/

Too much enthusiasm pushes the o#:ect o attainment arther o/

An!iety paraly8es acti$ity/

0orry consumes the spirit o action/

2$en %ith God one can ind ault/ ut %here is the ault, In the person %ho inds

it/

The load o responsi#ility %eighs upon a soul more than the strain o %ork/

Perection orgi$es' and limitation :udges/

A home is made and a house is #uilt/

Do not let your heart oer anyone such ood as %ill increase his appetite and decrease

your und o supply/

Make the snake your riend rather than your enemy/

All men are e6ual in truth' not in act/


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0hat limits God, 1is name/

+ie is too small a price to oer to someone %hom you really lo$e/

The real learning is unlearning all that one has learned/

To :udge man' God #orro%s rom man his sense o :ustice/

To in$estigate the %rongdoing o someone is like digging deep into the mud/

Prayer is a deep9elt need o the soul/

Man sees the right side o his o%n mind and the %rong side o another&s/

0hat ena#les man to earn a good name, Shame/

Put your theories in practice #eore you e!pound them/

5irst #elie$e in the God %ho is all9e!clusi$e' and then reali8e the God %ho is all9

inclusi$e/

As pleasure is the shado% o happiness' so act is the shado% o truth/

5act is to #e o#ser$ed in action and truth in reali8ation/

7sually' in e$erything man says and does' he denies reality/

5act is a co$ering o$er truth/

5act or no act' truth pro$es and dispro$es all/

=ealousy is the reuse o the heart/

Pity the %icked one or his e$il doing' or he can do no #etter/


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0oman is a stepping9stone to God&s sacred altar/

I there is any place %here one can meet %ith God' it is this earth9plane/

"ighteousness is nothing #ut a natural outcome o right thinking/

2$ery action that deeats its o%n o#:ect is %rong/

No creature in the %orld is as attracti$e and as repellent as man/

Simplicity is the li$ing #eauty/

I you do not %ant to understand' you %ill not understand/

The man %ho %ill not take in the idea o unity' %ill #e taken in #y unity some day/

There is no use arguing' 41a$e you done %rong or ha$e I done %rong,4-

all that need #e done is to right the %rong/

+ie oers opportunity either to pick up pearls and thro% a%ay pe##les'

or to pick up pe##les and thro% a%ay pearls/

The mystic retains something o childhood all through his lie/

The reali8ation o truth is the greatest lu!ury/

5act is the illusion o truth/

0oman is %oman' %hether in the 2ast or in the 0est/

Shado% is the shado% o shado%' not o light-

the ego is light itsel' and so it has no shado%/


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The alse ego is the shado% o the #ody seen in the sky' not the relection o the

soul/

1eart talks to heart' soul speaks to soul/

Truth is not ac6uired #ut disco$ered/

Nature regards no con$entionality/

;ou cannot #e too %ise' #ut you can #e too cle$er/

A #itter taste lasts only as long as it is in the mouth/

*arry as hea$y a load as you are a#le to carry easily/

I your heart is large enough' there is nothing it %ill not accommodate/

y calling him #y his name you %ill raise Satan rom his gra$e/

0e cannot appreciate another&s kindness i %e think o all the good %e ha$e done to

the other/

There is no greater teacher or the e$ildoer than e$il itsel/

De$otion %ithout %isdom is like salt %ater/

0hat %ere the great personalities %hose light has shone upon millions o people,

2!amples/

The claim o *hristhood seemed too great or =esus in the eyes o men-

thereore' he %as cruciied #y the intolerant %orld/

Thought and eeling oten take opposite directions/


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Do not en:oy lie more than lie allo%s you to en:oy it- i so' your :oy %ill turn

into sorro%/

1ierarchy is the Sui&s %ay' #ut e6uality o all men is his truth/

Man rises a#o$e sins' #ut not a#o$e the reproaches o those %ho %itness/

The cle$er man kno%s #est ho% to tell a lie' the %ise man kno%s #est ho% to

a$oid it/

Approach %oman gently' lest you :ar upon her tender eelings/

God is God and man is man' yet God is man and man is God/

Peace9making is much more diicult than %ar9making/

It is the dead %ho cause death' the li$ing preser$e lie/

;ou cannot li$e truth- you can reali8e it/

0rong is %rong rom the #eginning to the end' and right is right rom the irst to

the last/

2$il #rings success to the %icked' and $irtue %ins $ictory or the righteous/

5aults and merits #oth ser$e as steps to those %ho go up as %ell as to those %ho go

do%n/

It is more diicult to tame man than a lion/

"eason not %ith those %ho are incapa#le o understanding your reason/

Politeness in %ords and politeness in deeds are t%o dierent things/

No one may claim perection' though e$eryone may stri$e ater it/


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;ou need not do something today #ecause you did it yesterday/

*upidity must #e renounced' not :oy/

The #urning ire o hell does not consume the sinner- it only consumes his sins/

0isdom is the %ay in %hich to e!press lie as one has understood it onesel/

Man learns to ollo% the %ill o God #y practicing sel9denial/

Man %ho is inalli#le cannot #e superhuman- he may #e inhuman/

2$il doings apart' e$il intentions #ring a#out disastrous results/

The kno%ledge o plurality #egins lie- #ut in the consciousness o unity is lie&s

culmination/

5aith reaches #eyond the limit o human comprehension/

It is the optimist %ho takes the initiati$e- the pessimist ollo%s him/

Morality is a lo%er %hich springs out o the plant o indi$iduality/

True piety is sincerity/

Principles are to guide one&s lie' not to restrict it/

+o$e that is ree rom attachment is the lo$e o sages/

The right attitude in lie is to keep a #alance #et%een :ustice and kindness/

The presence o the 1oly 3ne is the sacred ri$er/


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It is #etter not to do than to do things #adly/

To analy8e lo$e is to destroy lo$e/

Su#tle ideas are #est e!pressed simply/

2$ery #ody reincarnates' not e$ery soul/

I you say' 4I cannot'4 you %ill not- i you %ill' you can/

+o$e that endureth not' is heart&s illusion/

0hen optimism is e!hausted' pessimism springs up/

Indeed' a $irtuous %oman sho%s di$ine purity/

*oming into the presence o the godly' is like entering into the gate o God/

In the union o t%o lo$ing hearts is the 7nity o God/

The sin o the $irtuous is a $irtue' the $irtue o the sinner is a sin/

The shade adds to the light' as 8ero adds to the igure/

The heart o the 1oly 3ne is the gate o God&s shrine/

+o$e has its o%n la%/

eauty is inished in simplicity/

In the spirit o duty there is the soul o religion/

0hat is rooted out in the 6uest o truth' is ignorance/


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alance is the keynote o spiritual attainment/

eauty is not po%er #ut the possessor o it/

Do not all in lo$e #ut rise/

0hat may gi$e $anity to one' may gi$e shame to another/

Great people ha$e great aults' #ut their greatness is their greatest ault/

Nothing that your mind can concei$e' does not e!ist/

+ie teaches one more than all the teachings in the %orld/

An e!perience gained as late as the last hour o one&s lie' is still a gain/

Nothing is lost as long as your hope is not lost/

All %ill help you i you %ill help yoursel/

Astonishment is nothing #ut an e!pression o one&s ignorance/

+ea$e all that unsaid %hich' #y #eing said' creates inharmony/

Many say they tell the truth' #ut e% there are %ho kno% the truth/

The mystic does not possess kno%ledge' or he is kno%ledge himsel/

The mystic does not o#ser$e the la%- he himsel is the la%/

A great git and no $irtue is like a lo%er %ithout ragrance/


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Pleasures cost more than they are %orth/

Patient endurance cro%ns goodness %ith #eauty/

A #ad nature is the %orst immorality/

3ne %ho is understood' is #eneath the one %ho understands him/

Passion is #ut another orm o lo$e/

"ecogni8e a mystic' not rom %hat he does' #ut rom %hat he is/

Shameless is lieless/

y rising a#o$e acts' %e touch reality/

It is our %ords that hide reality/

3ut%ard things matter little- it is in%ard reali8ation %hich is necessary/

2$ery ailure ollo%s upon a %eakness some%here/

1e %ho cannot help himsel' cannot help others/

The %rong use o e$ery good thing is #ad- the right use o e$ery #ad thing is good/

1atred #rings hatred- lo$e #rings lo$e/

I you #egin rom the end' you %ill inally arri$e at the #eginning/

e%are lest our remedy #ecome your malady/

0ill is not a po%er' #ut all the po%er there is/


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0hat is God, God is %hat is %anting to complete onesel/

It is natural that hea$enly reason does not agree %ith earthly reason/

"easoning is a ladder- #y this ladder one can rise' and rom this ladder one may

all/

"eason is a great actor and has all possi#ility in it o e$ery curse and o e$ery

#liss/

Daring is preerred to earing/

A sparkling soul lashes out through the eyes/

A great person is great %ith his aults and merits/

e complete here and perect there/

A %rong direction may lead to 6uite the opposite end/

De$otion gi$es all' asks nothing/

+o$e kno%s no limits/

+o$e keeps #ack nothing/

I you do not see God in man' you %ill not see 1im any%here/

;ou can ne$er #e sure o anything in this %orld o illusion/

I you can no longer lo$e' it pro$es that you ne$er did lo$e/

The %ay you choose is the %ay or you/


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5eeling is lie and death at the same time/

The eyes are t%o %indo%s through %hich the soul looks out/

The #eneit o the %ord Almighty is in its reali8ation/

An inant #rings %ith it the air o hea$en on earth/

0hat is made or man' man may hold- he must not #e held #y it/

The #ringers o :oy ha$e al%ays #een the children o sorro%/

3ne enemy can do more harm than the good that can #e done #y a hundred

riends/

The $irtue o duty is in the pleasure o doing it/

Duty done un%illingly is %orse than sla$ery/

0ho else #ut a no#le soul %ould #ear all and say nothing,

y going through sorro%' %e rise a#o$e it/

The ool ights %isdom %here$er he meets it/

y disliking our dislikes' %e #egin to like all things/

Sympathy ro#s man o himsel/

It is the one %ho lacks keen o#ser$ation %ho #ecomes critical/

The critical tendency comes rom agitation o mind/


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Pursuit ater the impossi#le is the #est game there is/

The #est %ay to lo$e is to ser$e/

Some satisy their $anity #y li$ing' others #y dying/

5ishers o men ha$e their net o sympathy/

Sensation is a shado% o e!altation/

The %orld&s end comes %ith the #reaking o the heart/

"enounce the %orld #eore the %orld renounces you/

The %icked %orld does not allo% man&s ine eelings to #e cherished/ 0hen

a lo$ing heart maniests :ealousy' it is like s%eet milk turning sour/

+o$e creates #eauty #y her o%n hands' to %orship/

0isdom is the cream o intelligence/

All learning #ecomes pale once di$ine kno%ledge #egins to shine/

A lie o supericiality is li$ed as not li$ed/

The spirit o man is the egg in %hich God is ormed/

The human heart is the %om# rom %hich the +ord is #orn/

TA+AS

("hythmic e!pressions o ideas)

There is 3ne Indi$idual hidden #ehind many indi$iduals-


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there is 3ne Person shining through all personalities/

+o$eless is lieless- lo$ing is li$ing/

3ne #reathes the air o hea$en' another goes through the ire o hell-

yet #oth %alk on the same earth' #oth li$e under the same sun/

There are some %ho %alk' some %ho creep' some %ho run' and some %ho ly-

and yet all men are said to #e alike/

It is un:ust to #e rich %hen others are poor' and it is atal to #e poor %hen others

are rich/

1umility in lo$e is the humility o the master' and humility in surrender is the

humility o the sla$e/

A great person %ill stretch your mind to the #readth o his o%n heart' and a small

person %ill narro% it to the

si8e o his o%n outlook/

There is a right side to e$ery %rong' and a %rong side to e$ery right/

The mind is its 6uestion' and it is itsel its ans%er/

All the lack that %e ind in lie is the lack o %ill'

and all the #lessing that comes to us comes #y the po%er o %ill/

The earing %elldoer is %orse than a earless sinner/ I #elie is a thing' aith is ali$ing #eing/

Thoughts ha$e %ords' eelings ha$e $oice' %ords ha$e orms' $oice has soul/

There are some' the closer destiny #rings together' the urther are their hearts thro%n

apart-

and there are others' the urther destiny thro%s apart' the closer are their hearts

#rought together/


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Sound is the lie o lie- time is the death o death/

The one %ho is lost on the path o lo$e is lost ore$er-

the one %ho has %on on the #attleield o lo$e has %on or all eternity/

There is no greater source o pride than a clear conscience-

and there is no greater means o humiliation than a guilty conscience/

Sacriice and renunciation are t%o things-

sacriice is made #y lo$e' renunciation is caused #y indierence/

To li$e means to hope' and to hope means to li$e/

It takes years to make an ideal' and it takes #ut a moment to #reak it/

To lo$e is one thing' and to o%n is another thing/

The %ealth9seeker has no regard or ather or #rother-

the pleasure9seeker considers no honor nor respect-

the sorro%ul has no comort nor sleep-

the hungry distinguishes not #et%een ripe and unripe/

Do I pass through lie, No' it is lie that passes #y me/

y lo$ing' one melts one&s o%n heart- #y possessing' one loads the heart o

another/

Possession is sel9assertion- lo$ing is sel9a#negation/The possessor must lose' sooner or later' the one he possesses-

the lo$er gains in the end' i not the #elo$ed' lo$e itsel/

The one %ho co$ers his grie under a smile is sincere-

the one %ho co$ers his laughter under grie is a hypocrite/

+o$e that depends on #eing ans%ered #y the #elo$ed is lame-

it does not stand on its o%n eet/

+o$e that tries to possess the #elo$ed is %ithout arms-it can ne$er hold/


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+o$e that does not regard the pleasure and displeasure o the #elo$ed is #lind/

+o$e that is e!acting and sel9asserti$e is dead/

The secret o %oman&s charm is her modesty-

the mystery o man&s po%er is his pride/

The lo$er is #lind to the aults o the one he lo$es'

and the hater is #lind to the merits o the one he hates/

0isdom e!isted #eore the %ise-

lie e!isted #eore the li$ing-

lo$e e!isted #eore the lo$er/

The desert can #e changed into ertile soil-

the land can #e changed into the sea-

e$en hell can #e changed into hea$en-

#ut the mind that is once i!ed' cannot #e changed/

0ords are $alua#le' #ut silence is precious/

That %hich ools can say rudely' the cle$er co$er under a $eil-

and the %ise say the same %ithout saying it/

The day you eel you do not kno%' you %ill #egin to kno%/

0hat is once gi$en is gi$en- %hat is once done is done-

%hat is once lost is lost- %hat is once %on is %on/

Nothing can #ind one to another e!cept the thread o sympathy'and nothing can separate one rom another e!cept the cutting o that thread/

As eagerly as man is inclined to ree himsel rom a situation'

so is he %illingly inclined to all into it/

Nothing is as old as the truth and nothing is as ne% as the truth/

Make o them #ig things' i you %ish to do small things-and make o them small things' i you %ish to do #ig things/


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0e speak %hen %e understand the language o one another'

and %e keep silent %hen our hearts speak/

Sound is the $oice o lie- time is the %ord o death/

There are many sins' small and great-

#ut to recogni8e sin is the greatest sin/

To step or%ard is going or%ard in the path o riendship'

and to step #ack%ard is going #ack%ard/

1e %ho retorts pays the one %ho insults him'

#ut he %ho takes silently stands a#o$e e$ery insult/

There are t%o dierent times in lie %hen the danger o alling a%aits man.

the time o prosperity and the time o ad$ersity/

All things #ecome %rong %hen they are not in their right time

or %hen they are not in their proper place/

In order to arri$e at spiritual attainment t%o guls must #e crossed.

the sea o attachment and the ocean o detachment/

There is nothing more su#tle or simpler than truth/

5ood is the nourishment o the #ody-

thought is a rereshment to the mind-lo$e is the su#sistence or the heart-

truth is the sustenance o the soul/

Man&s ideal sho%s the height o his heart-

man&s understanding sho%s the depth o his heart-

man&s perception sho%s the length o his heart-

man&s sympathy sho%s the #readth o his heart-

#ut the ourth dimension o man&s heart is seen #y all that it contains %ithin itsel/

0isdom is dierent rom :ustice.


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%hile :ustice is e!pressed in airness' %isdom is sho%n #y tact/

There are t%o sorts o persons %ho sho% child9like simplicity in their li$es.

the oolish one' %ho sho%s childish traits' and the %ise one' %ho sho%s the

innocence o a child/

There are some %ho make the dead ali$e'

and there are others %ho make the li$ing dead/

T%o persons are silent on the 6uestion o religion.

the most oolish and the most %ise/

A#o$e la% is lo$e- a#o$e lo$e is the elo$ed/

The po%er o the %ord is indeed great'

#ut the po%er o silence is still greater/

1e %ho speaks much and says little is oolish-

he %ho speaks little and says much is %ise/

In the drop' the sea is as small as the drop-

in the sea' a drop is as large as the sea/

I it is true' it is true as alse- i it is alse' it is as alse as true/

1e stands a#o$e the situation %ho controls it-

he alls #eneath the situation %ho #ecomes in$ol$ed in it/

3ne %ho looks at lie %ith horror is in the under%orld-

one %ho takes lie seriously to heart is in the %orld-

the one %ho smiles at lie %ith a happy smile is a#o$e the %orld/

It is the oolishly selish %ho is selish-

the %isely selish pro$es to #e unselish/

eore one #ecomes sharp and the other #lunt'

eore one is hot and the other cold'eore one dou#ts and the other suspects'


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eore one gi$es up his conidence and the other his trust'

It is time that they let one another/

eore one closes his eyes and the other his ears'

eore one turns his head and the other his #ack'eore one talks and the other disputes'

eore one is in %rath and the other in rage'

It is time that they let one another/

5riendship' relationship' amiliarity' intimacy' all ha$e their limits-

i you go past the limit you certainly $iolate the or#idden soil/

There are those %ho en:oy taking'

and there are those %ho en:oy gi$ing/

I you can say something %ithout saying' you had #etter not say-

i you can do something %ithout doing' you had #etter not do/

Many li$e to die' and many die to li$e/

2$en the aults o the meritorious soul #ecome merits'

and e$en merits o the aulty one turn into aults/

There are t%o kinds o people.

those %ho are #linded #y aith' and those %ho are #lind to aith/

3ne cannot #e real and li$e in the %orld o alsehood'

and one cannot #e alse and e!ist in the %orld o reality/

+o$e all' trust none- orgi$e all' orget none- respect all' %orship none/

That is the manner o the %ise/

The rose #rings orth ragrance' color' and #eautiul structure-

so the soul' %ith its unoldment' sho%s personality' atmosphere' and reined

manner/

The sun' air' %ater' space' and ertile soil are necessary or the rose to #loom-

intelligence' inspiration' lo$e' a %ide outlook' and guidance are re6uired or the soulto unold/


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Art %ithout #eauty' poetry %ithout inspiration'

music %ithout eeling' science %ithout reason'

philosophy %ithout logic' religion %ithout de$otion'

mysticism %ithout ecstasy are like a lake %ithout %ater/

A :oke %ithout %it' a speech %ithout meaning'

tears %ithout romance' learning %ithout %isdom'

position %ithout honor' a heart %ithout lo$e'

a head %ithout thought are like the space %ithout the air/

A man %ithout manly courage' a %oman %ithout %omanly grace'

a child %ithout a child&s simplicity' an inant %ithout an inant&s innocence'

a lo$er %ithout %illing sacriice' a %orshipper %ithout the ideal o God' a gi$er %ithout great modesty are like a king %ithout a kingdom/

*riticism' indierence' pessimism are the three things %hich close the door o the

heart/

+o$e is the o#:ect in the lie o #oth de$il and saint/

The one demands it' the other gi$es it/

God created man in 1is o%n image'

and man made God in his o%n likeness/

0hat pleasure is there in a useless action,

0hat interest is there in a senseless speech,

0hat :oy is there in a depthless thought,

0hat happiness is there in a lo$eless eeling,

The image o *hrist is in the *hurch'

the #ook o *hrist is %ith the clergy'

the lo$e o *hrist is in the heart o his %orshipper'

#ut the light o *hrist shines through the illuminated souls/

GA;AT"I

(Prayers)


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PI"

Inspirer o my mind' consoler o my heart' healer o my spirit'

Thy presence liteth me rom earth to hea$en'

Thy %ords lo% as the sacred ri$er'

Thy thought riseth as a di$ine spring'Thy tender eelings %aken sympathy in my heart/

elo$ed Teacher' thy $ery #eing is orgi$eness/

The clouds o dou#t and ear are scattered #y thy piercing glance-

All ignorance $anishes in thy illuminating presence-

A ne% hope is #orn in my heart #y #reathing thy peaceul atmosphere/

3 inspiring Guide through lie&s pu88ling %ays'

In thee I eel a#undance o #lessing/

NAI

A torch in the darkness'

A sta during my %eakness'

A rock in the %eariness o lie'

Thou' my Master' makest earth a paradise/

Thy thought gi$eth me unearthly :oy'

Thy light illuminateth my lie&s path'

Thy %ords inspire me %ith di$ine %isdom'

I ollo% in thy ootsteps' %hich lead me to the eternal goal/

*omorter o the #roken9hearted'

Support o those in need'

5riend o the lo$ers o truth'

lessed Master' thou art the Prophet o God/

"AS7+

0arner o coming dangers'

0akener o the %orld rom sleep'

Deli$erer o the Message o God'

Thou art our Sa$ior/

The sun at the da%n o creation' The light o the %hole uni$erse'

The ulillment o God&s purpose'

Thou the lie eternal' %e seek reuge in thy lo$ing enoldment/

Spirit o Guidance'

Source o all #eauty' and *reator o harmony'

+o$e' +o$er' and elo$ed +ord/

Thou art our di$ine ideal/

*1A+AS (An illuminated %ord)


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God and the de$il are the t%o e!treme poles o the ego/

3ne represents perection' the other limitation/

The moment man reali8es %hen to speak' and %hen to keep silence'

he takes his irst step in the path o %isdom/

+i$ing in the %orld %ithout insight into the hidden la%s o nature'

is like not kno%ing the language o the country in %hich one %as #orn/

A continual pursuit ater the impossi#le is the chronic disease o man/

Seeking ater that %hich is #eyond one&s reach is the oil %hich eeds the lame o

hope/

The surace o the human intelligence is the intellect-

%hen it is turned outside in' it #ecomes the source o all re$elation/

Nothing is impossi#le- all is possi#le/

Impossi#ility is only a #oundary o limitation %hich stands around the human

mind/

5acts lose their color in the ace o truth' as stars pale #eore the sun/

It is not diicult at all to please the saint- he can most easily #e pleased/

The diiculty is in pleasing the other' %ho is the opposite o the saint/

So e% in this %orld discriminate properly #et%een their %ant and their need/

A responsi#le person is %orth more than a thousand men %ho la#or/

It is true that the light o %isdom must continually #e kept alight'

#ut it is diicult al%ays to act rightly/

2ither you must pass rom all things that interest you in this lie'

or else they %ill pass you- or the nature o this unsta#le lie is changing/


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Through e$ery condition' agreea#le or disagreea#le' the soul makes its %ay to%ards

the goal/

The lo$er %ho leans upon the #elo$ed&s response' his lo$e is like the lame thatneeds oil to li$e-

#ut the lo$er %ho stands on his o%n eet' is like the lantern o the sun that #urns

%ithout oil/

A simple statement oten takes a%ay the charm o something %hich may #e let

unsaid/

I people do not come up to your mark' do not #ecome annoyed'

#ut re:oice' kno%ing that your mark is high/

The sense o discretion is instincti$e'

and it is the lie one li$es that either shapes or deorms it/

There is no gain %ithout sacriice- i there #e any' sacriice must ollo%/

Are you looking or an ideal soul, Such a person has ne$er #een #orn/

ut i you still seek ater him' then you %ill ha$e to create one o your o%n

imagination/

0hen you ha$e learned all there is to #e learned'

then you %ill reali8e that there %as nothing to #e learned/

The moment a prisoner eels that he %ill no longer remain in the prison'

the prison #ars must #reak instantly' o themsel$es/

*ontentment raises man a#o$e the strie o %orthless things

and #eyond the limitation o human nature/

It is seldom that too little is said and too much is done' #ut oten the contrary/

The moti$e po%er is creati$e and constructi$e'

yet it is moti$e that limits the po%er %hich is limitless/


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All pain is signiicant o change-

all that changes or #etter or %orse must cause a certain amount o pain'

or change is at once #irth and death/

All con$entionality'that has limited the lie o man and has remo$ed it ar rom nature'

comes rom se! distinction/

Man %as sent into the artiicial %orld that he might meet e$ery con$entionality'

in %hich lies all tragedy o lie/

3ne %ho lacks imagination' and is o little aith' is una#le to tread the spiritual

path/

5aith and imagination are %ings o the #ird that lies in the spiritual spheres/

I the o%l o Sophia had #een as %ise as she'

it %ould not ha$e sat in her presence so spell#ound/

indness %hich is not #alanced %ith irmness may pro$e to #e %eakness/

People are not only ready to proit #y your %isdom' po%er' and greatness'

#ut they are also eager to take ad$antage o your ignorance' %eakness' and

ina#ility/

eing a#le to trust others apart'

i you ha$e learned to trust yoursel' you ha$e accomplished something/

2$ery person has a place in lie'and no one can hold a place long that is not his o%n/

y trying to look upon lie not only rom one&s o%n point o $ie% #ut also rom the

point o $ie% o another'

one loses nothing' #ut on the contrary %idens the hori8on o one&s $ie%/

To e!press an impulse gi$es relie' hut to control it gi$es strength/

Perection is attained #y i$e achie$ements.


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lie' light' po%er' happiness' and peace/

y creating happiness' one ulills one&s lie&s purpose/

I dogs #ark at the elephant' it takes no notice and goes on its %ay-

so do the %ise %hen attacked #y the ignorant/

There are many %rong paths' #ut there is one right %ay that leads to the goal/

;ou %ill ind reasons' %hether you %ant to #e pessimistic or optimistic' to support

your $ie%/

The seer distinguishes #et%een the real and the unreal'

until he arri$es at a point %here all to him #ecomes the reality/

0hen you do not concern yoursel %ith the conse6uences'

then alone you may reely e!press your impulse/

3ne cannot #e %ise and oolish at the same time'

or light and darkness cannot d%ell together/

Illuminated souls do not seek ater occult po%ers-

#ut occult po%ers' #y themsel$es' come to them/

It is not the heart o earth in %hich to conide' or it #rings orth all that is gi$en to it

in simple trust-

it is the soul o hea$en %hich is trust%orthy' or it assimilates all in its o%n #eing/

0hy, is an animal %ith a thousand tails/

At e$ery #ite you gi$e it' it drops one o its cur$ed tails and raises another/

Its hunger is ne$er satisied so long as its mouth is open/

+ie is the longing o e$ery soul- the one %ho seeks lie through death #ecomes

immortal/

Those %hom you ha$e lost here' you %ill ind in some other place/


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In the riendship' as %ell as in the hostility o the %orldly' there is pain/

4;esterday I %as not %ise enough' today I understand' tomorro% I %ill do #etter>4

So man thinks and lie goes on/

The prophet is the painter o that ideal %hich is #eyond man&s comprehension/

0hat does it matter i rishna %as *hrist' or rahma %as A#raham,

3ne thing is true. that there %as' there is' and there al%ays %ill #e

a kno%er o God' a lo$er o souls' a ser$er o humanity/

The man %ho tries to pro$e his #elie superior to the aith o another'

does not kno% the meaning o religion/

0hen a person argues on a pro#lem' it does not al%ays mean that he kno%s it/

Most oten he argues #ecause he %ants to complete his kno%ledge %ithout

admitting his ignorance/

The light illuminates the path o those %ho are distant rom it-

those %ho are near are da88led #y it/

There can #e no comparison #et%een art and nature-

or art is as limited as man' #ut nature is as perect as God/

Sel9eacement does not in any %ay lessen- it only makes one limitless/

Duty is not necessarily the purpose o lie-

still' in duty one inds a road %hich leads one to the purpose o lie/

No sooner is the God9ideal #rought to lie than the %orshipper o God turns into

truth/

Then truth is no longer his seeking- truth #ecomes his #eing-

and in the light o that a#solute truth he inds all kno%ledge/

It %as not the +ord %ho %as cruciied' it %as his limitation/

I an idol made o rock is made God #y its %orshippers'%hy then should a personality not #ecome Di$inity or the de$otees,


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The one %ho makes un o another' seldom kno%s that there is something laugha#le

in himsel also/

2$ery man has his o%n reason- thereore' t%o persons cannot al%ays understand

each other/

There is one thing to #e said against the kind9hearted. that they ne$er can #e kind

enough/

0hether a small person lo$es you or hates you' in either case he %ill pull you do%n

to his o%n le$el/

To del$e into a matter %hich matters little' is like raising dust rom the ground/

It is #elie %hich in its perection #ecomes aith/

2$en a plain thought gets tangled %hen told to a person %ho has a knot in his

head/

0hen a thoughtul person risks alling at each step he takes in the path o lie'

%hat a#out a thoughtless person,

Despair not i your riend has taken ad$antage o you'

#ut #e contented' kno%ing that it %as not your enemy/

There are ha#its %hich can #est #e pre$ented #eore one has ormed them/

3nce you ha$e taken to a ha#it' then it is diicult to gi$e it up/

"ules o the %orld are dierent rom the la% o the path that the mystics tread/

1e %ho ights or :ustice in the aairs o this %orld' may ight ore$er'

or he %ill ne$er ind it- :ustice is only maniest in the sum total o lie/

0hen you stand on this earth and look at lie' there is all in:ustice and chaos

e$ery%here-#ut %hen you rise a#o$e and look #elo%' it is all :ust and perect'


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and e$erything appears to #e in its proper place/

0hen man arri$es at God9kno%ledge rom sel9kno%ledge' he makes God as small

as his little sel-

#ut %hen he comes to sel9kno%ledge through the kno%ledge o God' he #ecomesas large as God/

The supreme la% is that all is :ust and all is right/

ut is this la% to #e proclaimed,

No' it is to #e understood/

The attri#ute is not important-

it is the possessor o the attri#ute %ho is important/

I someone can disco$er' %ith any authority' the true source o happiness' he can

ind it only in pain/

5aith is the culmination o #elie/

It is that aith %hich is the mystery o lie' the secret o sal$ation/

It is not e$idence %hich gi$es #elie/

elie %hich stands a#o$e e$idences is that #elie %hich' in the end' %ill

culminate in aith/

elie is the ood o the #elie$er- it is the sustenance o his aith/

It is on #elie he li$es' not on ood and %ater/

y learning to think' one de$elops dignity in nature/

The more one thinks' the more digniied one #ecomes'

#ecause dignity springs out o thoughtulness/

"eason #elongs #oth to earth and hea$en/

Its depth is hea$enly' its surace earthly-

and that %hich ills the gap in the orm o reason' #et%een hea$en and earth'

is that middle part o it %hich unites it/

Thereore reason can #e most conusing and reason can #e most enlightening/

The reason %hy man seeks or happiness is not #ecause happiness is his

sustenance'#ut #ecause happiness is his o%n #eing-


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thereore' in seeking or happiness' man is seeking or himsel/

"eligion is not in perorming a ceremony or a ritual-

true religion is the eeling' or the sense' o duty/

0oman' %hom destiny has made to #e man&s superior'

#y trying to #ecome his e6ual' alls #eneath his estimation/

0hat $irtue is that' 3 righteous man' %hich gi$es no happiness,

I you ha$e lost something' it means that you ha$e either risen a#o$e it or allen

#elo% it/

Man e!pects another to place him in a higher position'

#ut the place to %hich he is e6ual' he takes himsel/

The dead can gi$e nothing li$ing' nor can the li$ing gi$e anything dead/

It is #etter that your enemy stands #eore your house

rather than that he should li$e under your roo/

0hite orces or dark orces' all %ill surrender to you %ith the %a!ing o the moon

o your lie-

#ut in the %aning moon they %ill sho% their inluence/

It matters little %hether you are on the top o the mountain or at the oot o it'

i you are happy %here you are/

I you eel your thoughts' your thoughts %ill #ecome your #eing/

The one %ho is not mo$ed to dance #y the mo$ements o an innocent #a#e'

has not yet risen rom his gra$e/

3ne cannot praise God unless one makes o 1im an ideal/

0atching %ith interest the %inning %ays o a little child' is a %onderul lo$e9making/


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2$ery thing and e$ery #eing is placed in its o%n place in lie'

and each is #usy carrying out that %ork %hich has to #e done in the %hole scheme

o nature/

A religious ritual' or a spiritual person' is #ut a recreation/

To ind appropriate %ords to e!press an idea is more complicated than painting a

picture/

Destiny can take your #est riend as an instrument to cause you harm'

and your %orst enemy to do you good/

Po%er is utili8ed to its #est ad$antage %hen it is used or a good purpose/

I one lacks understanding' one is poor %ith all the goods o the %orld one

possesses-

it is understanding %hich is the true riches/

The man %ho complains a#out e$erything certainly has a complaint some%here in

his head/

Sensation and e!altation are t%o things.

pleasure comes rom sensation' happiness rom e!altation/

No sooner do you #egin to see the #ad side o man&s character

than you automatically thro% a co$er o$er the good side o his nature/

Man' ho%e$er great' must not claim perection-

or the #lind %orld can only see the limitation o his e!ternal #eing/

There are some souls %ho' i you do not make them your riends' %ill #ecome your

enemies/

The one %ho %ants to #ecome a master must irst pass through an e!amination as a

ser$ant/


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God cannot #e good and perect at the same time- it takes good and #ad #oth to

make perection/

5ools are not entitled to kno% the mystery %hich the %ise are supposed to

possess/

The kno%ledge o truth does not suice or imparting it to others-

one must kno% the psychology o human nature/

The purpose o lie is ulilled in rising to the greatest heights and in di$ing to the

deepest depths o lie/

Peace %ill not come to a lo$er&s heart so long as he %ill not #ecome lo$e itsel/

All things pertaining to spiritual progress in lie depend upon peace/

The most #eautiul orm o the lo$e o God is 1is compassion' 1is di$ine

orgi$eness/

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