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The Eighth Lesson: Sufiism.1285
In sighs, the Nightingales still sing.”
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“I, All-in-All becoming, now clear see God In All;
And up from Union yearning, takes flight the cry of Love!”
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“On that his wedding-night, in the presence of his bride,
His pure soul attained to kiss her hands.
Love and mistress are both veiled and hidden.
Impute it not a fault if I call him ‘Bride.’”
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“The sect of lovers is distinct from all others,
Lovers have a religion and a faith of their own.
Though the ruby has no stamp, what matters it?
Love is fearless in the midst of the sea of fear.”
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“The love of the Soul is for Life and Living One,
Because its origin is the Soul not bound to place.”
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“Eternal Life is gained by utter abandonment of one’s own life.
When God appears to His ardent Lover, the Lover is absorbed in Him,
And not so much as a hair of the Lover remains.
True lovers are as shadows, and when the sun shines in glory
The shadows vanish away.
He is a true lover to God to whom God says:
‘I am thine, and thou art Mine!’”
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“When one has attained Union with God he has no need of intermediaries.”
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“Earthly forms are only shadows of the Sun of Truth—a cradle for babes, but too
small to hold those who have grown to spiritual manhood.”
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