If you make demands on Him, you doubt Him.
If you seek Him, you are absent from Him.
If you seek other-than-Him, you are shameless before Him.
If you make demands on other-than-Him, you are distant from Him.
(Ibn Ata'llah)

"And I asked the Wise men,
"When will I know of His Coming?"
And They answered,
"By your Tears, that even now
like the rain, are there, but not
quite ready to quench the parched
desert of your Soul".
And I asked, "From where will He come?"
And they answered, "He is even now closer
to you than you are to yourself,
but the eyes which can see Him
are still asleep."
And I asked, "When will these eyes awake?"
And they answered, "Only He can awaken
these eyes from the deep slumber of time..."
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 If I accept the sunshine and warmth,

 then I must also accept the thunder and lightning.
~ Kahlil Gibran~

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If you make demands on Him, you doubt Him.
If you seek Him, you are absent from Him.
If you seek other-than-Him, you are shameless before Him.
If you make demands on other-than-Him, you are distant from Him.
(Ibn Ata'llah)

My heart is so small
it’s almost invisible.
How can YOU place
such big sorrows in it?
“Look,” HE answered, “your eyes are even smaller,
yet they behold the world.
~ Rumi~

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There are three parts to the Journey:
the Journey from God,
the Journey to God,
and the Journey in God.
~ Sufi proverb~

Spiritual Quote

Sufi master Pir-O-Murshid Inayat Khan asked his spiritual teacher:.. how one could recognize a Godly man.
 His teacher replied: “It is not what he says, it is not what he seems to be, 
but it is the atmosphere that his presence creates.
That is the proof, for no one can create an atmosphere which does not belong to his spirit."
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Today's Quote

“Return from existence to nonexistence.

You are seeking the Lord and you belong to him.

Non existence is a place of income;

flee it not.

This existence of more and less is a place of expenditure.” (Rumi)

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