Great doubt will eventually lead to great awakening.
Interpretation
Deep questioning can lead to profound understanding and enlightenment.
This quote by Rabia Basri suggests that experiencing significant uncertainty or doubt in life can ultimately serve as a catalyst for spiritual and personal awakening. It implies that the process of grappling with deep questions and uncertainties can lead to greater insights and a more profound understanding of oneself and the world.
In practice
This quote can be shared during a meditation retreat to inspire participants to embrace their doubts.
Your prayers are your light; _x000D_ _x000D_ Your devotion is your strength;_x000D_ _x000D_ Sleep is the enemy of both. _x000D_ _x000D_ Your life is the only opportunity that life can give you._x000D_ _x000D_ If you ignore it, if you waste it,_x000D_ _x000D_ You will only turn to dust.
O Beloved of Hearts, I beseech only You. Have pity this day on those who turn to You. My Hope, my Rest, my Delight, this heart can love none other but You.
True devotion is for itself: not to desire heaven nor to fear hell.
O God! if I worship Thee in fear of Hell, burn me in Hell; and if I worship Thee in hope of Paradise, exclude me from Paradise; but if I worship Thee for Thine own sake, withhold not thine everlasting beauty.
How many gifts and graces You have given me! How many favors You have fed me from your hand! I look for your love in all directions, then suddenly its blessing burns in me.
Your hope in my heart is the rarest treasure _x000D_ _x000D_ Your Name on my tongue is the sweetest word_x000D_ _x000D_ My choicest hours_x000D_ _x000D_ Are the hours I spend with You -_x000D_ _x000D_ O God, I can't live in this world_x000D_ _x000D_ Without remembering You
You must not for one instant give up the effort to build new lives for yourselves. Creativity means to push open the heavy, groaning doorway to life. This is not an easy struggle. Indeed, it may be the most difficult task in the world, for opening the door to your own life is, in the end, more difficult than opening the doors to the mysteries of the universe.
Gratitude is a flower that blooms in noble souls.
We are all failures - at least the best of us are.
To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals - this alone is worth the struggle.
Ideals are like the stars: we never reach them, but like the mariners of the sea, we chart our course by them.
If you live long enough, you'll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you'll be a better person. It's how you handle adversity, not how it affects you. The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit.
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