The past is a fog on our minds. The future? A complete dream. We can’t neither guess the future, neither change the past.
SHAMS TABRIZIThe past is a fog on our minds. The future? A complete dream. We can’t neither guess the future, neither change the past.
SHAMS TABRIZIWhen a sincere woman begins to dance, the seven heavens, the earth, and all creatures begin to dance.
SHAMS TABRIZIThe quest for Love changes us. There is no seeker among those who search for Love who has not matured on the way. The moment you start looking for Love, you start to change within and without.
SHAMS TABRIZIRemove all the walls and curtains so you can get closer and purely love. Have principles but do not use them to exclude or to judge the others. Stay far from idols, specially from those you made from your own principles. Have a powerful faith, but do not play the powerful.
SHAMS TABRIZIDon’t search for heaven and hell in the future. Both are now present. Whenever we manage to love without expectations, calculations, negotiations, we are indeed in heaven. Whenever we fight, hate, we are in hell.
SHAMS TABRIZIWhoever lives as he sees fit will not die as he sees fit.
SHAMS TABRIZIAlms in secret extinguish the wrath of the Lord’ means you are so immersed in sincerity and in preserving that sincerity that you have no pleasure in giving alms.
SHAMS TABRIZIPatience is not sitting and waiting, it is foreseeing. It is looking at the thorn and seeing rose, looking at the night and seeing the day. Lovers are patient and know that the moon needs time to become full.
SHAMS TABRIZIIf the human being is a proud and honorable creature, he shouldn’t forget to act that way, even if he falls, even if the whole world is against him, even if he ends as a slave.
SHAMS TABRIZIThe whole universe is sum up in the Human Being. Devil is not a monster waiting to trap us, He is a voice inside. Look for Your Devil in Yourself, not in the Others. Don’t forget that the one who knows his Devil, knows his God.
SHAMS TABRIZIWhile the parts change, the whole always remains the same. For every thief who departs this world, a new one is born. And every decent person who passes away is replaced by a new one. In this way not only does nothing remain the same but also nothing ever really changes.
SHAMS TABRIZISurrendering is not a weakness. At the contrary it is strength. The surrender stops living in boiling water and starts living in a secure place.
SHAMS TABRIZIYou have to live with the people in hypocrisy for them to stay happy with you.
SHAMS TABRIZIIf you look around, you can find a face of God in each thing, because He is not hidden in a church, in a mosque, or a synagogue, but everywhere. As there is no one who lives after seeing him, there is also no one dying after seeing him. Who finds Him, stays forever with him.
SHAMS TABRIZIThe words we use for the Creator are a reflect of ourselves. If we think of God as fear and shame, we are scared and have something to be ashamed of … But if we see love, compassion and kindness, it is because we possess these qualities.
SHAMS TABRIZIIt is pointless trying to know where the way leads. Think only about your first step, the rest will come.
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