“Imagination has always had powers of resurrection that no science can match.” Quote by Ingrid Bengis
“Great is the height I just scale, but the prospect of glory gives me strength.” GivingMotivationalGloryGive MeScalesHeightGive Me Strength Author:Propertius
“George Bush was not elected by a majority of the voters in the United States. He was appointed by God.” StatesPoliticalUnitedUnited StatesMajorityVoters Author:William G. Boykin
“A thing which fades With no outward sign - Is the flower Of the heart of man In this world!” MenWorldHeartThis WorldFlowerFades Author:Ono no Komachi
“When the invocation descends into the heart, if there is darkness within, it illuminates it; and if there is already light, the invocation increases the light and intensifies it.” IfsHeartLightDarknessIncreaseInvocationDarkness Within Author:Ibn Ata Allah
“Let your invocation be the all-embracing Name, which is Allah, Allah, Allah, or if you so wish, Huwa, Huwa, Huwa; and do not violate this remembrance. Be careful lest your tongue pronounce it while other-than-He is in your heart. Let your heart be the one who utters, and your ear the one who is attentive to this invocation until the 'speaker' emanates from your Self (sirr). When you feel the emergence of the Speaker within you through the invocation, do not abandon the spiritual condition wherein you find yourself.” IfsFeelsHeartSelfSpiritualNamesWishConditionsEarsCarefulTongueAbandonFinding YourselfBe CarefulSpeakersWithin YouRemembranceEmergenceEmanateInvocation Author:Ibn Ata Allah
“The reality of the invocation is when the Invoked takes possession of the heart, and He is One. Separation and multiplicity exist before that for as long as the invoker is in the station of invoking with the tongue or with the heart.” HeartLongRealityPossessionTongueSeparationStationsMultiplicityInvocation Author:Ibn Ata Allah
“However low a man sinks he never reaches the level of the police.” MenFunnyLevelsLowsPoliceSarcasticPolicemenCrisps Author:Quentin Crisp
“. . . persist in that invocation until the unity of the world is subsumed for you in a single sphere, so that with the eye of your heart you will see naught in the two worlds save the One.” WorldHeartTwoEyeUnitySpheresPersistTwo WorldsInvocation Author:Ibn Ata Allah
“Invoking the letters of God's Name without presence of mind is invocation of the tongue; invoking with presence of mind is invocation of the heart; and invoking with an absence of self-awareness because of absorption in the Invoked is the invocation of the Self - this is the hidden invocation!” MindHeartSelfNamesAwarenessLettersSelf AwarenessTongueAbsenceAbsorptionInvocationPresence Of Mind Author:Ibn Ata Allah
“If a tablet is not wiped clean of it's figures, nothing can be written upon it. A single heart cannot serve as the place for two things, let alone for several things. If the heart is filled with the forms of sensory perceptions, it is rare that it would perceive the meaning of Allah, even if one were to say Allah a thousand times. When the heart is empty of all that is other-than-God, if one uttered Allah only once, one would find such bliss that the tongue could not describe.” IfsHeartTwoFormWrittenFiguresThousandPerceptionEmptyFilledCleanTonguePerceiveBlissTwo ThingsEmptinessSensoryTabletsSensory Perception Author:Ibn Ata Allah