One day the sun admitted, I am just a shadow. I wish I could show you The Infinite Incandescence That has cast my brilliant image! I wish I could show you, When you are lonely or in darkness, The Astonishing Light Of your own Being! — Hafiz (from I Heard God Laughing, trans. Daniel Ladinsky)
Spiritual Tidbits
Pilgrimage
“A Sufi tells of the old, old woman who was on pilgrimage to the shrine at the top of the mountain at the height of the monsoon season. ‘You will never be able to climb that mountain in weather like this’, the innkeeper said on a dark, wet night. ‘Oh, my friend’, the old woman […]
Monastic Wisdom: Do not negect prayer
If you are at manual labor in your room and it comes time to pray, do not say: ‘I will use up my supply of branches or finish weaving the little basket, and then I will rise,’ but rise immediately and render to God the prayer that is owed [God]. Otherwise, little by little you […]