All Religions are vehicles and a path to God’s Divine Presence.
BAYAZID BASTAMI
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I never saw any lamp shining more brilliantly than the lamp of silence.
Bayazid BastamiBayazid Bastami Forgetfulness of self is remembrance of God.
Bayazid BastamiBayazid Bastami Moses desired to see God; I do not desire to see God;He desires to see me
Bayazid BastamiBayazid Bastami All this talk and turmoil and noise and movement and desire is outside of the veil; within the veil is silence and calm and rest.
Bayazid BastamiBayazid Bastami I desire not to desire, for my will is without value, since I am ignorant in any case. Therefore choose Thou for me what thou knowest to be best and do not put my perdition in what my autonomy and free choice prefer.
Bayazid BastamiBayazid Bastami For thirty years I sought God. But when I looked carefully I found that in reality God was the seeker and I the sought.
Bayazid BastamiBayazid Bastami The thing we tell of can never be found be seeking, yet only seekers find it.
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