Guest guest Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 I asked a child, walking with a candle, "From where comes that light?" Instantly he blew it out. "Tell me where it is gone -- then I will tell you where it came from." - Hasan of Basra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 11, 2004 Report Share Posted April 11, 2004 Dear Adi thank you for this posting where can I find more about this Hasan of Basra t h i s I did really "like" michael bindel - "adi_shakthi16" <adi_shakthi16 <> Friday, April 09, 2004 4:34 AM the Source > I asked a child, walking with a candle, > "From where comes that light?" > Instantly he blew it out. > "Tell me where it is gone -- > then I will tell you where it came from." > > - Hasan of Basra > > > > > > /join > > > > > > "Love itself is the actual form of God." > > Sri Ramana > > In "Letters from Sri Ramanasramam" by Suri Nagamma > Links > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 11, 2004 Report Share Posted April 11, 2004 Dear Michael, I liked this one and that is why i posted it here. This was sent to me by a friend. I will ask him for the LINK! here is a story you will like Rabi`a's gifts to Hasan of Basra Once Rabi`a al-Adawiyya sent Hasan of Basra three things - a piece of wax, a needle, and a hair. "Be like wax," she said. "Illumine the world, and yourself burn. Be like a needle, always be working naked. When you have done these two things, a thousand years will be for you as a hair." "Do you desire for us to get married?" Hasan asked Rabi`a. "The tie of marriage applies to those who have being," Rabi`a replied. "Here being has disappeared, for I have become naughted to self and exist only through Him. I belong wholly to Him. I live in the shadow of His control. You must ask my hand of Him, not of me." "How did you find this secret, Rabi`a?" Hasan asked. "I lost all `found' things in Him," Rabi`a answered. "How do you know Him?" Hasan inquired. "You know the `how'; I know the `howless'," Rabi`a said. >From the Tadhkirat al-Awliyya (Memorial of the Saints) of Fariduddin Attar. love and hugs , "Michael Bindel" <michaelbindel@t...> wrote: > Dear Adi > > thank you for this posting > where can I find more about this Hasan of Basra > > t h i s I did really "like" > > michael bindel > - > "adi_shakthi16" <adi_shakthi16> > <> > Friday, April 09, 2004 4:34 AM > the Source > > > > I asked a child, walking with a candle, > > "From where comes that light?" > > Instantly he blew it out. > > "Tell me where it is gone -- > > then I will tell you where it came from." > > > > - Hasan of Basra > > > > > > > > > > > > /join > > > > > > > > > > > > "Love itself is the actual form of God." > > > > Sri Ramana > > > > In "Letters from Sri Ramanasramam" by Suri Nagamma > > Links > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 12, 2004 Report Share Posted April 12, 2004 Dear Adi please forward your personal Email I used the below mentioned and it did not work thank you so much michael bindel - "adi_shakthi16" <adi_shakthi16 <> Sunday, April 11, 2004 10:39 PM Re: the Source > Dear Michael, > > I liked this one and that is why i posted it here. This was sent to > me by a friend. I will ask him for the LINK! > > here is a story you will like > > Rabi`a's gifts to Hasan of Basra > Once Rabi`a al-Adawiyya sent Hasan of Basra three things - a piece of > wax, a needle, and a hair. > > "Be like wax," she said. "Illumine the world, and yourself burn. Be > like a needle, always be working naked. When you have done these two > things, a thousand years will be for you as a hair." > > "Do you desire for us to get married?" Hasan asked Rabi`a. > > "The tie of marriage applies to those who have being," Rabi`a > replied. "Here being has disappeared, for I have become naughted to > self and exist only through Him. I belong wholly to Him. I live in > the shadow of His control. You must ask my hand of Him, not of me." > > "How did you find this secret, Rabi`a?" Hasan asked. > > "I lost all `found' things in Him," Rabi`a answered. > > "How do you know Him?" Hasan inquired. > > "You know the `how'; I know the `howless'," Rabi`a said. > > From the Tadhkirat al-Awliyya (Memorial of the Saints) of Fariduddin > Attar. > > love and hugs > > , "Michael Bindel" > <michaelbindel@t...> wrote: > > Dear Adi > > > > thank you for this posting > > where can I find more about this Hasan of Basra > > > > t h i s I did really "like" > > > > michael bindel > > - > > "adi_shakthi16" <adi_shakthi16> > > <> > > Friday, April 09, 2004 4:34 AM > > the Source > > > > > > > I asked a child, walking with a candle, > > > "From where comes that light?" > > > Instantly he blew it out. > > > "Tell me where it is gone -- > > > then I will tell you where it came from." > > > > > > - Hasan of Basra > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > /join > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Love itself is the actual form of God." > > > > > > Sri Ramana > > > > > > In "Letters from Sri Ramanasramam" by Suri Nagamma > > > Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > /join > > > > > > "Love itself is the actual form of God." > > Sri Ramana > > In "Letters from Sri Ramanasramam" by Suri Nagamma > Links > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 12, 2004 Report Share Posted April 12, 2004 michael. This is my email adi_shakthi16 my mail box was full! smiles!! love -- In , "Michael Bindel" <michaelbindel@t...> wrote: > Dear Adi > > please forward your personal Email > I used the below mentioned and it did not work > > thank you so much > > > michael bindel > > > - > "adi_shakthi16" <adi_shakthi16> > <> > Sunday, April 11, 2004 10:39 PM > Re: the Source > > > > Dear Michael, > > > > I liked this one and that is why i posted it here. This was sent to > > me by a friend. I will ask him for the LINK! > > > > here is a story you will like > > > > Rabi`a's gifts to Hasan of Basra > > Once Rabi`a al-Adawiyya sent Hasan of Basra three things - a piece of > > wax, a needle, and a hair. > > > > "Be like wax," she said. "Illumine the world, and yourself burn. Be > > like a needle, always be working naked. When you have done these two > > things, a thousand years will be for you as a hair." > > > > "Do you desire for us to get married?" Hasan asked Rabi`a. > > > > "The tie of marriage applies to those who have being," Rabi`a > > replied. "Here being has disappeared, for I have become naughted to > > self and exist only through Him. I belong wholly to Him. I live in > > the shadow of His control. You must ask my hand of Him, not of me." > > > > "How did you find this secret, Rabi`a?" Hasan asked. > > > > "I lost all `found' things in Him," Rabi`a answered. > > > > "How do you know Him?" Hasan inquired. > > > > "You know the `how'; I know the `howless'," Rabi`a said. > > > > From the Tadhkirat al-Awliyya (Memorial of the Saints) of Fariduddin > > Attar. > > > > love and hugs > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > , "Michael Bindel" > > <michaelbindel@t...> wrote: > > > Dear Adi > > > > > > thank you for this posting > > > where can I find more about this Hasan of Basra > > > > > > t h i s I did really "like" > > > > > > michael bindel > > > - > > > "adi_shakthi16" <adi_shakthi16> > > > <> > > > Friday, April 09, 2004 4:34 AM > > > the Source > > > > > > > > > > I asked a child, walking with a candle, > > > > "From where comes that light?" > > > > Instantly he blew it out. > > > > "Tell me where it is gone -- > > > > then I will tell you where it came from." > > > > > > > > - Hasan of Basra > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > /join > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Love itself is the actual form of God." > > > > > > > > Sri Ramana > > > > > > > > In "Letters from Sri Ramanasramam" by Suri Nagamma > > > > Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > /join > > > > > > > > > > > > "Love itself is the actual form of God." > > > > Sri Ramana > > > > In "Letters from Sri Ramanasramam" by Suri Nagamma > > Links > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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