Veil

O' Beloved,
I thought You
were so distant from me,
hiding beyond a veil.
Now I see
it’s my own veil,
my own lack of clear vision.
Why do I wear this veil
that keeps You distant from me?
Fashion?
Custom?
Habit?

If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears - Glenn Clark

Each, Alone

Each, Alone
We help each other discover a path,
We help each other travel the path,
Yet each must walk alone on their personal path,
Each must surrender alone, in private.
No one else can surrender for us,
No one else can take away the separation
that we have chosen.
No one else can surrender for us,
No one else can take away the pain
that we have chosen.
Oh Beloved, I walk alone,
empty,
into Your arms.
Each in their own time,
into Your arms.
Each in their own way,
into Your arms.
Each, alone, one by one,
into Your arms.
Each, alone, by their own desire,
into Your arms.
Each, alone, one by one,
into Sweet Surrender.

Wahiduddin from Rendezvous with the Beloved 

If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears - Glenn Clark

Mind over Matter - revisited

If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears - Glenn Clark

Aku berikan DiriKu kepadamu!

Allah mewahyukan kepada Nabi Isa a.s.: Wahai Isa! Hati-hatilah, jangan sampai Aku terlepas daripadamu! Yakni, jangan sampai engkau memilih yang lain daripada Aku, lalu engkau kehilangan Aku! Nabi Musa a.s. berdoa kepada Allah: Ya Allah! Berilah aku sesuatu anugerah! Allah menjawab: Aku berikan DiriKu kepadamu! Kemudian Nabi Musa a.s. memohon lagi: Ya Allah! Berikan aku sesuatu pemberian! Allah menjawab lagi: Aku berikan DiriKu kepadamu! Sehingga berulang empat kali, Nabi Musa a.s. meminta kepada Allah s.w.t, namun jawaban Allah sama belaka, iaitu: Aku berikan DiriKu kepadamu!

Nyatalah kini, bahawa makrifat hamba akan Zat Tuhan yang menciptanya itu adalah anugerah utama yang diberikan kepada para Nabi dan Rasul, para shiddiqin dan salihin. Itulah kumia yang terbesar yang harus diminta oleh seseorang hamba, sebagaimana yang disarankan oleh Syekh Abdul Qadir AI-Jailani, maka perhatikanlah apa yang disarankannya itu!

Allah Ta'ala mencipta alam dan segala yang terisi di dalamnya, termasuk makhlukNya yang berupa jin, manusia dan Malaikat adalah untuk disembah. Setiap yang disembah itu mestilah dikenali terlebih dahulu, dan kalau masih belum dikenali mestilah dicari sehingga dapat dikenali. Lantaran itu, maka Zat yang disembah itu adalah umpama 'perbendaharaan yang tersembunyi', yang mesti dicari lalu dikenali sebelum disembah. Kalau Dia gagal untuk dikenali, bagaimana dapat pula disembah..

Jadi maksud dari 'perbendaharaan yang tersembunyi' itu ialah hakikat Zat Allah yang menciptakan makhlukNya untuk dicari dan dikenali, lalu disembahi sebagai Tuhan Maha Pencipta.

If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears - Glenn Clark

A wonderful Sufi quote:

"In fact, what separates man from divine Reality is but a thin partition: God is infinitely close to man, but man is infinitely far from God. This partition, for man is a mountain; man stands in front of a mountain which he must remove with his own hands. He digs away the earth, but in vain, the mountain remains; man however goes on digging, in the name of God. And the mountain vanishes. It was never there."

If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears - Glenn Clark

The Power of Silence

A story is told about a woman who went to a healer and said to him, 'My husband is very bad tempered. Every evening when he comes home he scolds me and there is quarrel that ends in a very disgraceful manner. Can you give me a remedy for it?' The healer said, 'Certainly,' and gave her seven pieces of candy, explaining, 'These are charmed pieces of candy. When your husband comes home, put one of these in your mouth.' When I did so, and that evening there was no quarrel: such a miracle, after ten years of continuing quarreling! The next day the woman went to the healer, thanked him a thousand times and told him that he had done such a miracle. She said, 'I do not know what to do to thank you. I want you to give me a big box of that candy which might last for some time.' the healer answered, 'The candy is not necessary, silence is needed.' This teaches us that often we quarrel only because of our speech. Silence is a great peacemaker. 'Blessed are the peacemakers.'

The Art of Being - Inayat Khan

"For the ignorant there is no better rule than silence and if he knew its advantage he would not be ignorant."

Saadi

If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears - Glenn Clark

Learn to be still

It's just another day in paradise
As you stumble to your bed
You'd give anything to silence
Those voices ringing in your head
You thought you could find happiness
Just over that green hill
You thought you would be satisfied
But you never will-
Learn to be still

We are like sheep without a shepherd
We don't know how to be alone
So we wander 'round this desert
And wind up following the wrong gods home
But the flock cries out for another
And they keep answering that bell
And one more starry-eyed messiah
Meets a violent farewell-
Learn to be still
Learn to be still

Now the flowers in your garden
They don't smell so sweet
Maybe you've forgotten
The heaven lying at your feet

[Solo]

There are so many contradictions
In all these messages we send
(We keep asking)
How do I get out of here
Where do I fit in?
Though the world is torn and shaken
Even if your heart is breakin'
It's waiting for you to awaken
And someday you will-
Learn to be still
Learn to be still

You just keep on runnin'
Keep on runnin'

©1994 By Don Henley and Stan Lynch and the Eagles

If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears - Glenn Clark