Mystic Sayings

SUFISM (ISLAM)
GOD IS NOT LIMITED TO THE WAY HE APPEARS TO YOU BY MAKING

HIMSELF APPROPRIATE TO YOUR ABILITY TO RECEIVE HIM.
THEREFORE, NO OTHER CREATURES ARE OBLIGED TO OBEY THE
GOD YOU WORSHIP, FOR HE APPEARS TO THEM IN OTHER FORMS
IBN ARABI
DON'T HANG ON EXCLUSIVELY TO ANY PARTICULAR CREED SO

THAT YOU DISBELIEVE THE REST, OR YOU WILL DISREGARD
MUCH THAT IS GOOD AND MISS THE REAL TRUTH. ALLAH IS
OMNIPOTENT AND OMNIPRESENT AND IS NOT CONTAINED BY
ANY ONE RELIGION, FOR HE SAY'S IN THE QUR'AN, WHEREVER
YOU TURN THERE IS THE FACE OF ALLAH,
IBN ARABI
THE MYSTICS SPEAK IN A HUNDRED DIFFERENT WAYS, BUT IF GOD

IS ONE AND THE WAY IS ONE, HOW COULD THEIR MEANING BE
OTHER THAN ONE? WHAT APPEARS IN DIFFERENT DISGUISES IS
ONE ESSENCE. A VARIETY OF FORMS, BUT A UNITY OF SUBSTANCE.
JALALUDDIN RUMI
WHEN "I" AND "YOU" ARE ABSENT, I HAVE NO IDEA IF THIS

IS A MOSQUE, SYNAGOGUE, CHURCH, OR TEMPLE
MAHMUD SHABISTARI
EMBRACE ALL CREATURES WITH LOVE, DON'T SAY, THIS

INANIMATE THING HAS NO AWARNESS! LET ALL THINGS
BE AS THEY ARE, AND BE KIND TO THEM WITH THE LOVE
OF THE CREATOR IN THE MIDST OF HIS CREATION.
AHMAD IBN ATA'ALLAH
YOU ARE A DROPLET OF WATER FROM AN INFINITE OCEAN.
HAJI BAHAUDIN
YOU YOURSELF ARE YOUR OWN OBSTACLE , RISE ABOVE YOURSELF.
HAFIZ
THERE IS ONLY ONE LIGHT, AND YOU AND ME ARE

HOLES IN THE LAMPSHADE.
MAHMUD SHABISTARI
HINDU GURUS
MY MIND FELL LIKE A HAILSTONE INTO THE VAST EXPANSE OF

BRAHMAN'S OCEAN. TOUCHING ONE DROP OF IT, I MELTED AWAY
AND BECAME ONE WITH BRAHMAN.
THIS IS WONDERFUL INDEED! HERE IS THE OCEAN OF BRAHMAN,
FULL OF ENDLESS JOY. HOW CAN I ACCEPT OR REJECT
ANYTHING? IS THERE ANYTHING APART OR DISTINCT
FROM BRAHMAN? NOW, FINALLY AND CLEARLY,
I KNOW THAT I AM THE ATMAN, WHOSE NATURE
IS ETERNAL JOY. I SEE NOTHING. I HEAR NOTHING.
I KNOW NOTHING THAT IS SEPARATE FROM ME.
SANKARA
LEARN TO LOOK WITH AN EQUAL EYE UPON

ALL THINGS, SEEING THE ONE SELF IN ALL.
SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM
TRUTH IS ONE AND THE LEARNED

CALL IT BY MANY NAMES.
RIG VEDA
AS LONG AS THERE IS A “WHO”ASKING THE

QUESTIONS, THAT “WHO” WILL CONTINUE
TO REMAIN PUZZLED.
RAMESH BALSEKAR
TO SEE GOD EVERYWHERE YOU HAVE TO HAVE

SPECIAL EYES, OTHERWISE YOU CANNOT BEAR
THE SHOCK.
NEEM KAROLI BABA
THE ULTIMATE CONCIOUSNESS IS ALWAYS PRESENT

EVERYWHERE. IT IS BEYOND SPACE AND TIME,
WITH NO BEFORE OR AFTER, IT IS UNDENIABLE
AND OBVIOUS. SO WHAT CAN BE SAID ABOUT IT?
ABHINAVAGUPTA
YOU SEEK TOO MUCH INFORMATION AND NOT

ENOUGH TRANSFORMATION
SAI BABA
IT IS BETTER TO SEE GOD IN EVERYTHING

THAN TRY AND FIGURE IT OUT
NEEM KAROLI BABA

CHRISTIAN MYSTICS
IN THE REALITY, INTUITIVELY KNOWN BY THE MYSTICS WE CAN

NO LONGER SPEAK OF FATHER, SON AND HOLY GHOST, NOR OF
ANY CREATURE, BUT ONLY ONE BEING, THAT IS THE SUPER ESSENCE OF ALL.
RUYSBOEK
IT IS GREATER WORSHIP TO GOD TO SEE HIM IN ALL THINGS

THAN IN ANY SPECIAL THING.
MOTHER JULIAN OF NORWICH
MY SOUL THEN SAID, I HAVE NOTHING, FOR I AM UTTERLY

STRIPPED AND NAKED. I CAN DO NOTHING FOR I HAVE NO
MANNER OF POWER, BUT AM AS WATER POURED OUT.
I AM NOTHING, FOR ALL THAT I AM IS NO MORE THAN AN
IMAGE OF BEING, AND ONLY GOD IS MY I AM
JACOB BHOEME
WHEN THE SOUL HAS LOST HER NATURE IN THE ONENESS,

WE CAN NO LONGER SPEAK OF A SOUL BUT OF IMMEASURABLE BEING.
MEISTER ECKHART
EVERY CONCEPT GRASPED BY THE MIND BECOMES AN

OBSTACLE IN THE QUEST TO THOSE WHO SEARCH.
GREGOTRY OF NYSSA
THE BLESSED DIVINE LIGHT WILL ILLUMINATE THE HEART TO THE DEGREE
THAT PURE CONCIOUSNESS IS PURGED OF ALL CONCEPTS AND IDEAS
ST.HESYCHIOS THE PRIEST
IF LOVE KINDLES A FIRE IN YOU, YOU WILL FEEL IT BURNING

UP YOUR SELF AND DEVOURING ALL EGO, ALL OF THAT
WHICH YOU CALL "I" AND "ME."
JACOB BOEHME
MY BELOVED IS THE HIGH MOUNTAINS AND THE LONELY VALLEY

FORESTS; UNEXPLORED ISLANDS, RUSHING RIVERS AND THE LOVE
SONG OF THE WIND: THE HUSHED NIGHT TIME AND THE WAKING
DAWN; THE SOUNDLESS MUSIC OF SILENT SOLITUDE; THE SUPPER
THAT NOURISHES AND SWELLS ME WITH LOVE.
ST. JOHN OF THE CROSS
LOVE AND DO WHAT YOU WILL.
ST. AUGUSTINE
READ THE FIRST 3 PAGES AND DIGEST THE INFORMATION.
READ THIS PAGE AND TRY TO GUESS WHICH SAYING
COMES FROM WHICH OF THE THREE RELIGIONS ABOVE.
WHEN YOU REALISE THE MYSTERY OF ONENESS WITH THE

DIVINE, YOU WILL KNOW THAT YOU ARE NO OTHER THAN GOD,
AND THAT YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AND WILL ALWAYS BE
BEYOND EVERY TIME AND PLACE. THEN YOU WILL UNDERSTAND
THAT ALL YOUR ACTIONS ARE HIS ACTIONS, AND YOUR ESSENCE
IS HIS ESSENCE, AND ALL YOUR ATTRIBUTES BELONG TO HIM.
THE SOUL THEN UNDERSTANDS THAT IT DOES NOT SEE GOD
THROUGH ITSELF BUT THROUGH GOD, SO THAT IT IS NOT THE
SOUL WHICH LOVES GOD BUT GOD WHO LOVES HIMSELF.
THE SOUL SEES GOD IN ALL BEINGS, BUT ONLY BECAUSE
IT IS GOD WHO IS LOOKING.
HE IS LOVER AND BELOVED, SEEKER AND SOUGHT.
BE STILL AND KNOW.

REMAIN IN A STATE OF SPIRITUAL WAKEFULNESS,
WITH YOUR MIND AND SENSES OPEN,
TO HEAR WHAT GOD WILLS AT EVERY MOMENT.
THE LORD IS NOT TO BE WORSHIPPED WITH MATERIAL THINGS,

BUT WITH ONES OWN CONCIOUSNESS.
DON'T WAVE LIGHTS AND INCENSE, OR OFFER FLOWERS AND FOOD.
HE IS FOUND EFFORTLESSLY WHEN WORSHIPPED THROUGH
SELF-REALIZATION ALONE. THE CONTINUOUS AND UNBROKEN
AWARENESS OF THE INDWELLING PRESENCE, THE INNER LIGHT OF
CONCIOUSNESS IS THE SUPREME MEDITATION AND DEVOTION.
WHATEVER YOU ARE DOING, SEEING, HEARING, TOUCHING, SMELLING,
EATING OR SAYING, REALIZE YOUR ESSENTIAL NATURE AS
PURE CONCIOUSNESS. THIS IS THE WAY TO LIBERATION.

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SUFISM (ISLAM)

GOD IS NOT LIMITED TO THE WAY HE APPEARS TO YOU BY MAKING

DON'T HANG ON EXCLUSIVELY TO ANY PARTICULAR CREED SO

THE MYSTICS SPEAK IN A HUNDRED DIFFERENT WAYS, BUT IF GOD

WHEN "I" AND "YOU" ARE ABSENT, I HAVE NO IDEA IF THIS

EMBRACE ALL CREATURES WITH LOVE, DON'T SAY, THIS

AHMAD IBN ATA'ALLAH

YOU ARE A DROPLET OF WATER FROM AN INFINITE OCEAN.

YOU YOURSELF ARE YOUR OWN OBSTACLE , RISE ABOVE YOURSELF.

THERE IS ONLY ONE LIGHT, AND YOU AND ME ARE

MY MIND FELL LIKE A HAILSTONE INTO THE VAST EXPANSE OF

LEARN TO LOOK WITH AN EQUAL EYE UPON

TRUTH IS ONE AND THE LEARNED

AS LONG AS THERE IS A “WHO”ASKING THE

TO SEE GOD EVERYWHERE YOU HAVE TO HAVE

NEEM KAROLI BABA

THE ULTIMATE CONCIOUSNESS IS ALWAYS PRESENT

YOU SEEK TOO MUCH INFORMATION AND NOT

IT IS BETTER TO SEE GOD IN EVERYTHING

NEEM KAROLI BABA

IN THE REALITY, INTUITIVELY KNOWN BY THE MYSTICS WE CAN

IT IS GREATER WORSHIP TO GOD TO SEE HIM IN ALL THINGS

MOTHER JULIAN OF NORWICH

MY SOUL THEN SAID, I HAVE NOTHING, FOR I AM UTTERLY

WHEN THE SOUL HAS LOST HER NATURE IN THE ONENESS,

EVERY CONCEPT GRASPED BY THE MIND BECOMES AN

ST.HESYCHIOS THE PRIEST

IF LOVE KINDLES A FIRE IN YOU, YOU WILL FEEL IT BURNING

MY BELOVED IS THE HIGH MOUNTAINS AND THE LONELY VALLEY

ST. JOHN OF THE CROSS

LOVE AND DO WHAT YOU WILL.

WHEN YOU REALISE THE MYSTERY OF ONENESS WITH THE

BE STILL AND KNOW.

THE LORD IS NOT TO BE WORSHIPPED WITH MATERIAL THINGS,

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