Tag: Mystics
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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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Let nothing trouble you
Let nothing trouble you. Let nothing scare you. All is fleeting. God alone is unchanging. Patience Everything obtains. Who possesses God Nothing wants. God alone suffices. From The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila Volume Three translated by Kieran Kavanaugh and Otilio Rodriquez. Saint Teresa of Ávila (1515–1582) was a Spanish Carmelite nun, mystic,…
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