Guest guest Posted July 4, 2001 Report Share Posted July 4, 2001 My Heart Can Take on Any Appearance My heart can take on any appearance. The heart varies in accordance with variations of the innermost consciousness. It may appear in form as a gazelle meadow, a monkish cloister, an idol-temple, a pilgrim Kaaba, the tablets of the Torah for certain sciences, the bequest of the leaves of the Koran. My duty is the debt of Love. I accept freely and willingly whatever burden is placed upon me. Love is as the love of lovers, except that instead of loving the phenomenon, I love the Essential. That religion, that duty, is mine, and is my faith. A purpose of human love is to demonstrate ultimate, real love. This is the love which is conscious. The other is that which makes man unconscious of himself. ~Ibn El-Arabi >From 'The Way of the Sufi' Idries Shah Allspirit Website: http://www.allspirit.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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