Tag: Mystics
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The World’s Gleam
“The soul loves the Good because, from the beginning, she has been incited by the Good to love him. And the soul which has this love at hand does not wait to be reminded by the beauties of this lower world, but since she has this love–even if she does realize it–she is constantly searching.…
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Samadhi
Vanished are the veils of light and shade, Lifted the vapors of sorrow, Sailed away the dawn of fleeting joy, Gone the mirage of the senses. Love, hate, health, disease, life and death – Departed, these false shadows on the screenof duality. Waves of laughter, scyllas of sarcasm, whirlpoolsof melancholy, Melting in the vast sea…
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Know Yourself
“He who knows himself, knows his Lord.” These words, attributed to the Prophet Muhammad, became the foundation of Ibn Arabi’s spiritual vision, a vision that would later shape the understanding of Wahdat al-Wujud (the Unity of Being). Born in Murcia, al-Andalus (modern-day Spain) in 1165, Ibn Arabi was raised in a well-educated family and introduced…
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