This revelation:
Do not scold anyone for
a mistake you might have made.
Do not discipline children until you
have grown up. Do not taunt or find fault
or call people names. Turn those
judgements inward. Own your
faults openly.
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the kingship of the dervish
Fleeting time
and the changes of matter
make all the kings of the earth but
transitory kings, ruling over transitory kingdoms;
this is because of their dependence upon their environment
instead of their imagination. But the kingship of the dervish,
independent of all external influences, based purely on
his mental perception and strengthened by the forces
of his will, is much truer and at once unlimited
and everlasting. Yet in the materialistic view
his kingdom would appear as nothing,
while in the spiritual conception
it is an immortal and
exquisite realm
of joy.
there is one clear truth
Anyone
can say anything.
Eyes look without obstruction,
And the nose, it sniffs everything.
Legs go where they want to. Hands reach.
The mind respects nothing. Even the heart
Is unsure where to stand. This is how
Things are. Is something missing?
A human being can walk in different ways,
Deliberately, as though going somewhere,
Or strolling with no purpose, or marching,
Or limping, or pretending to be a gorilla
With arms hanging down.
He or she can curse you or trust you, comfort you,
Or act without considering anything or anyone.
Truth and lies, both glitter in the eyes.
He or she can hear and enjoy and embrace
The language coming in, but to understand everything
With divine wisdom is hard.
There is one clear truth, the pure loving.
When people do not have that, they are
Disconnected. Words are just words,
And good actions are done for wrong reasons.
Paint on a red dot like the dancing Shiva,
But if you don’t know how to open your heart
With modesty, dignity, and respect for others,
It’s just collecting more honors and robes.
It’s easy to explain the condition of being human,
What’s missing and what’s here, but if
You don’t know God exists,
It’s foolishness.
To know this and act accordingly is difficult.
Saying the words is easy.
the aspiration towards divinity
Although a human
activity may have a number of
complicated motives, some of which are
base and gross, it is the aspiration towards
divinity, the desire towards beauty,
which is its soul, its life,
and its reality.
be done with knowing
Be done
with knowing and
your worries will disappear.
How much difference is there between
yes and no? How much distinction between
good and evil? Fearing what others fear,
admiring what they admire —
nonsense.
Conventional
people are jolly and reckless,
feasting on worldly things and carrying on
as though every day were the beginning of spring.
I alone remain uncommitted, like an infant
who hasn’t yet smiled: lost, quietly
drifting, unattached to ideas
and places and
things.
Conventional
people hoard more than
they need, but I possess nothing
at all, know nothing at all,
understand nothing
at all.
They
are sharp; I am dull.
Like the sea, I am calm and
indifferent. Like the wind I
have no particular
direction.
Everyone
else takes his place and
does his job; I alone remain wild
and natural and free. I am different
from the others; I drink
directly from the
Mother.
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