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Abu Said Khair once said:
"The shortest way to the Beloved is through selfless service and generosity to all of the Beloved's creatures."
"If you are seeking closeness to the Beloved, love everyone. whether in their presence or absence, see only their good. if you want to be as clear and refreshing as the breath of the morning breeze, like the sun have nothing but warmth and light for everyone."
In a similar notes Sa'di Shirazi had said
"Higher spiritual life is nothing but service of humanity, It is not the rosary, or prayer carpet, or woolen robes."
Shaikh Abu Said Khair (967 - 1049) was one of the earlier Sufi poets who lived more than two centuries before Jelaluddin Rumi. He lived in Mayhana in what is modern day Turkmenistan, just north of Iran and Afghanistan in Central Asia.
If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears - Glenn Clark
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