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This is a poem from Farid al-Din Attar, an Iranian Sufi from the city of Nishapur. It talks about how the attitude of a God's lover should be.

O heart, if you are truly in love, seek the Beloved.
Stand at the heart's door, day and night, awaiting the Friend.

Your Beloved is always present at the door of your heart.
Open the gate of your heart, and remain present and awake.

So that the eye of the soul may behold His face unveiled,
Turn your face toward the wall in longing for His countenance.
(An image of devotion and withdrawal from worldly distractions.)

The realm of the heart has been overtaken by the clamorous army of the ego.
Therefore, if you are a lover, be a vigilant one.

No one knows when the Beloved will reveal His beauty.
Yet be ever prepared for that moment.

On His path, offer all that you possess—your heart and your soul.
Live for the One alone, and turn away from all else.

If your heart and soul long for everlasting life,
Speak little, embrace self-annihilation, and keep company with Attar.

- Farid al-Din Attar

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To show my appreciation to the universe and the LIGHT because of sending me an amazing master, I try my best to talk to people who I think may be a little interested in their Real Self. Before signing up on PPG, I didn't talk to many people and I had almost forgotten how people are "not interested" in their truth.

I remembered it just when I started to do meditation in the nature while two other girls were with me as "new friends". They were both alone and lonely and they had approached me individually on different days to talk and have a friend. I was glad to listen to and talk to them. As one of them had broke up with her boyfriend recently and was so sad, I tried to do and say whatever I could to make her calm.
Then, I tried to talk about silence and the wonderful effects that it can have on us.

And after some sentences I felt I was in another planet talking in a weird language, so that nobody could understand me...

I forgave them when they laughed at me by the idea of meditating, and I prayed for them when they were not able to understand what I was saying, although they were suffering from their inner pain.

But I won't stop it. I owe it to the LIGHT...

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"Only a few are called, but even fewer attain their goal.... They will find these writings and realize that I’m not just posting a few wholesome or

pretty little pictures here and there."

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Getting home exhausted and disappointed with work and life...

Seeing a PPG notification on the phone...

Clicking on a forum and suddenly being startled by a photo...

A photo of an ordinary scene, maybe not different from countless others.

But by seeing it, deep inside, something begins to awaken. Something becomes stronger than the exhaustion and disappointment in you...

A smile slowly appears on your face, and in your soul.

And you find yourself wondering: "Why? What else is hidden in this photo?"

You can only guess it is the artist's passion and vitality flowing through the artwork into you.

Months pass...

You become more and more immersed in the artworks, without even realizing what you are about to see and experience.

The pictures draw you into themselves like an ocean,

lifting you up and carrying you down with the waves.

And you wonder whether you will ever reach the shore.

But one day, you realize that every single turbulence by the ocean was intentional...

Every moment of turmoil was a carefully designed preparation for you to FEEL that you are the ocean, not a being dreaming of reaching the shore.

And now, you have a new worry... "will I ever feel I AM the ocean? Will I be included in "very small percentage" who attain their goal?

Hopefully, you know that the answer is in TRUST and PATIENCE. Just trust the LIGHT and his messengers, and keep going...

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When we ask the Light for help, it sends us messages to calm us and help us feel better when the pain of separation becomes overwhelming.

Sometimes, that message is sent simply by accidentally opening a forum and coming across a statement:

"When we immerse ourselves completely in the moment, there is no room for separation."

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Help or Hurt?

Ego and Intellect ...

Sometimes we want to help, and we share something based on our own experience and knowledge, without realizing that, in some situations, the words and concepts we use must be chosen with great care.

Otherwise, we may unintentionally mislead the very person we are trying to help.

The point is that we often focus more on helping than on expressing the most accurate understanding. Or perhaps it is the urge of the ego whispering, "You know something."

The lesson: Watch your own ego, and pay attention to where you and your knowledge truly stand. Don't let the desire to help create the illusion of speaking like a master...

This Path gets so cruel sometimes......

...not to go it is no alternative for me!

...not to go it is no alternative for me!

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"Only if you know who you are, you are able to realise who the person in front of you is."

A nudge, just when I truly needed it.

I'm sure it holds a much deeper meaning than I got from it, but who can claim they grasp exactly what a master says?

And this is what I was able to understand at this stage of my journey:

Whenever someone's actions make you sad, or whenever you judge another person for their actions, the source of that suffering is within you—not within them.

May we be able to let the SUN shine in constantly...

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"This song of the reed is fire, not mere wind,

Whoever does not carry this fire within, let them be nothing."

- Rumi

I have been thinking since yesterday;is my state_of_ awareness at zero point?! 🤔

I must have misunderstood the meaning of awareness.