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Let Go of Your Worries Let go of your worries and be completely clear-hearted, like the face of a mirror that contains no images. If you want a clear mirror, behold yourself and see the shameless truth, which the mirror reflects. If metal can be polished to a mirror-like finish, what polishing might the mirror of the heart require? Between the mirror and the heart is this single difference: the heart conceals secrets, while the mirror does not.

Weep like the waterwheel, that green herbs may spring up from the courtyard of your soul. If you wish for tears, have mercy on one who sheds tears; if you wish mercy, show mercy to the weak.

Wisdom is like the rain. Its source is unlimited, but it comes down according to the season. Grocers put sugar in a bag, but their supply of sugar is not the amount in the bag. When you come to a grocer, he has sugar in abundance. But he sees how much money you have brought and gives accordingly. Your currency on this Path is resolution and faith, and you are taught according to your resolution and faith. When you come seeking sugar, they examine your bag to see what its capacity is; then they measure out accordingly.

Never be without remembrance of Him, for His remembrance gives strength and wings to the bird of the Spirit.

Sometimes in order to help He makes us cry_x000D__x000D_Happy the eye that sheds tears for His sake_x000D__x000D_Fortunate the heart that burns for His sake_x000D__x000D_Laughter always follow tears_x000D__x000D_Blessed are those who understand_x000D__x000D_Life blossoms wherever water flows_x000D__x000D_Where tears are shed divine mercy is shown

All creatures, day and night, make manifestation of Allah. Some of them know what they are doing and are aware of their manifesting, while others are unaware. However it may be, Allah's manifestation is confirmed.

Whoever is sitting with friends is in the midst of a flower garden, though he may be in the fire. Whoever sits with an enemy is in the fire, even though he is in the midst of a garden.

When you resolve to become pious, the devil in your nature cries out at you, "Tread not those paths, O confused one; distress and poverty will overcome you. You will be despised, let down by friends, you will regret it." Dread of the devil has bound their souls; the cries of the devil are the drover of the damned; the call of the Lord is a guardian of the saints.

Whoever travels without a guide, needs two hundred years for a two-day journey.

Allah made the illusion look real and the real an illusion. He concealed the sea and made the foam visible, the wind invisible, and the dust manifest. you see the dust whirling, but how can the dust rise by itself? you see the foam, but not the ocean. invoke Him with deeds, not words; for deeds are real and will save you in the infinite-life.

Why should I stay at the bottom of a well, when a strong rope is in my hand?

In truth everything and everyone Is a shadow of the Beloved, _x000D__x000D_ And our seeking is His seeking _x000D__x000D_And our words are His words... _x000D__x000D_ We search for Him here and there, while looking right at Him. _x000D__x000D_ Sitting by His side, we ask: _x000D__x000D_ 'O Beloved, where is the Beloved?'

Because of your love I have broken with my past

Love will find its way through all languages on its own.

This is a subtle truth. Whatever you love, you are.

The undisciplined man doesn't wrong himself alone- he sets fire to the whole world.

Discipline enabled Heaven to be filled with light; discipline enabled the angels to be immaculate and holy.

Everything you see has its roots in the unseen world. The forms may change, yet the essence remains the same. Every wonderful sight will vanish, every sweet word will fade, But do not be disheartened, The source they come from is eternal, growing, Branching out, giving new life and new joy. Why do you weep? The source is within you And this whole world is springing up from it.

My boat strikes something deep. At first sounds of silence, waves. Nothing has happened; Or perhaps everything has happened. and I am sitting in my new life.

I never really cared for the things of this world. It was the glow of Your Presence that filled it with beauty.

If you knew the secret of life, you too would choose no other companion but love.