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“A thing which fades With no outward sign - Is the flower Of the heart of man In this world!”

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Ono no Komachi was a renowned Japanese poet of the Heian period, active in the 9th century. Her poetry is celebrated for its delicate emotions and unique feminine perspective, profoundly influencing Japanese literature. more

“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.”

Ifs Feels Heart Self Spiritual Names Wish Conditions Ears Careful Tongue Abandon Finding Yourself Be Careful Speakers Within You Remembrance Emergence Emanate Invocation

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.”

Heart Long Reality Possession Tongue Separation Stations Multiplicity Invocation

Author:Ibn Ata Allah

“However low a man sinks he never reaches the level of the police.”

Men Funny Levels Lows Police Sarcastic Policemen Crisps

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.”

World Heart Two Eye Unity Spheres Persist Two Worlds Invocation

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!”

Mind Heart Self Names Awareness Letters Self Awareness Tongue Absence Absorption Invocation Presence 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.”

Ifs Heart Two Form Written Figures Thousand Perception Empty Filled Clean Tongue Perceive Bliss Two Things Emptiness Sensory Tablets Sensory Perception

Author:Ibn Ata Allah

“Invoking brings the heart closer to the hereafter and keeps the world away from the heart, even though the world is around it. Invoking warns the heedless heart to abandon its pleasures and deceptions.”

World Heart Pleasure Deception Abandon Hereafter

Author:Ibn Ata Allah

“When the heart becomes empty, the mimbar of the Divine Oneness is placed therein and the sultan of gnosis sits upon it.”

Heart Divine Empty Oneness Emptiness Gnosis

Author:Ibn Ata Allah

“It is impossible that this gnosis resulting in the heart should be achieved by man for any other purpose than to obey God, love Him, and worship Him. This gnosis should be sought for the sake of God, not for any other reason whatsoever, unlike the remaining external acts of devotion, which can be performed for other worldly interests, such as hypocrisy, praise, and commendation.”

Men Should Heart Reason Purpose Interest Impossible Worship Praise Sake Devotion God Love Hypocrisy Worldly Gnosis Commendation

Author:Ibn Ata Allah

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