mrwelby
07-07-04, 03:50 AM
YUNUS EMRE " If you mean to wipe off all the rust that covers the hearts, Be sure to utter this word which is life's true summary;The man who doesn't see the nations of worlds as oneIs a rebel even if the pious claim he's holy.Listen to my comment on the strictures of the canon:Orthodox faith is a ship, its sea is Reality.No matter how impregnable are the planks of the ship,They are bound to crack and shatter when waves rage in that sea.Listen, my loved one, let me give you a fact beyond this:The rebel against Truth is the saint of orthodoxy."[5]"My madness is love for the Friend,Lover know what my hopes portend,For me duality must end:God and I must not live apart."[5]"God permeates the whole wide world,Yet his truth is revealed to none.You better seek Him in yourself,You and He aren't apart - you're one."[5]"We regard no one's religion as contrary to ours,True love is born when all faiths are united as a whole."[5]"Mystic is what they call me. Hate is my only enemy;I harbor a grudge against none.To me the whole wide world is one."[5]"The man who feels the marvels of true loveAbandons his religion and nation." [5]<"You keep trying to use it to entice The faithful, but what you call Paradise Cannot boast of more than a few houris And I don't hanker after their caress."[9]"God almighty, why all this talk, why must we prattle about a handful of dust?"[9]