Mahmud Shabistari quotes
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“Knowing is passing from the false to the true and seeing the Absolute Whole in the part.”
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“Each atom hides beneath its veil The soul amazing beauty of the Beloved's face.”
-- Mahmud ShabistariSource : Mahmud Shabistari (2002). “The Secret Rose Garden”, p.14, Red Wheel/Weiser
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“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 ShabistariSource : Mahmud Shabistari (2002). “The Secret Rose Garden”, p.90, Red Wheel/Weiser
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“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.”
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“When "I" and "You" are absent, I've no idea if this is a mosque, synagogue, church or temple”
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“Penetrate the heart of just one drop of water, and you will be flooded by a hundred oceans.”
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“Every particle of the world is a mirror. In each atom blazes forth the light of a thousand suns. Open the heart of a raindrop and you will find a hundred oceans. In a grain of sand lies the seed of a thousand beings.”
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“The past has flown away. The coming month and year do not exist. Ours only is the present's tiny point.”
-- Mahmud ShabistariSource : Mahmud Shabistari (2002). “The Secret Rose Garden”, p.57, Red Wheel/Weiser
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“Go sweep out the chamber of your heart. Make it ready to be the dwelling place of the Beloved. When you depart out, He will enter it. In you, void of yourself, will He display His beauties.”
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“First lesson learned: Knowing doesn't hold a candle to doing.”
Source : A. M. Jenkins (2009). “Repossessed”, p.22, Harper Collins
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Source : "In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks: And Other Complaints from an Angry Middle-aged White Guy". Book by Adam Carolla, edition.cnn.com. 2010.
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Source : Adyashanti (2011). “Falling into Grace: Insights on the End of Suffering”, p.139, Sounds True
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Source : Alice McCall (2009). “Wellness Wisdom”, p.12, Alice McCall
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“Insight occurs when, and to the degree that, one knows oneself.”
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“feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal”
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“Here again, I saw life in all its noisy excitement passing me by.”
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