No One Veils You But Yourself

Salaam and Greetings of Peace:

My friend no one veils you but yourself.
No thorns, no weeds in your path but you.
Well then, shall I reach the Beloved or not?
Between you and Him lies nothing but yourself.

– from Heart’s Witness, the Sufi Quatrains of Awhaduddin Kirmani

Ya Haqq!

“Love Everything!”

Salaam and Greetings of Peace:

“Love all God’s creation, the whole of it and every grain of sand. Love every leaf, every ray of God’s light! Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything you will perceive the divine mystery in things. And once you have perceived it you will begin to comprehend it ceaselessly, more and more every day. And you will at last come to love the whole world with an abiding universal love.”

– The Elder Zosima, from Doestoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov

Ya Haqq!

‘…sustain the flow of a sacred Name.”

Salaam and Greetings of Peace:

“Whenever you possibly can, sustain the flow of a sacred Name. To repeat His name is to be in His presence. If you associate with the Supreme Friend, He will reveal His true being to you.”

– Sri Anandmayi Ma

 

Prayer of Mother Cabrini

Salaam and Greetings of Peace:

“From the moment I became acquainted with You I was so enchanted by Your beauty that I followed You. The more I love You, it seems the less I love You, because I want to love You more. I can bear it no longer. Expand, expand my heart! … O Jesus, Jesus Love, help always Your poor miserable one, Your miserable little bride, and carry her always in Your arms…. I love You, I love You so very, very much.”

– Mother Cabrini

Ya Haqq!