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For anew Self to be born, hardship is necessary. Just as clay needs to go through intense heat to become strong, Love can only be perfected in pain.

Shams Tabrizi

The salat can be made up for, but there is no making up for false show or outward worship without presence.
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Make Up Presence Worship
You can study God through everything and everyone in the universe, because God is not confined in a mosque, synagogue or church. But if you are still in need of knowing where exactly His abode is, there is only one place to look for Him: in the heart of a true lover.
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God Love Need Philosophy Place Religious Spiritual Study True
The 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.
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Devil Forget God Human Philosophy Spiritual Voice Wait
The life we live is just a colourful and deposit toy. Some of us take it so seriously and fight and cry for it. Some of us break and throw it. Either we give extreme importance, either not enough. Better to stay far from extremes.
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Better Break Cry Fight Importance Life Live Serious Stay Toy
Nothing kills the soul that commands to evil (Nafs al Ammarra) like seeing the beauty of the heart.
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Beautiful Evil Kill Life Soul
You learn by reading but understand by LOVE.
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Learning Love Understand Yourself
The path to the Truth is a labour of the heart, not of the head. Make your heart your primary guide! Not your mind. Meet, challenge and ultimately prevail over your nafs with your heart. Knowing your ego will lead you to the knowledge of God.
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Challenge God Guide Heart Knowledge Mindset Path True Work
Wherever you go, east, west, north or south, think of it as a journey into yourself! The one who travels into itself travels the world.
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Discover Oneself Philosophy Thinking Travel World
When a sincere woman begins to dance, the seven heavens, the earth, and all creatures begin to dance.
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Beginning Dance Nature Sincere Woman
The 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.
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Change Love Moments See Start Transformation Yourself
Most of conflicts and tensions are due to language. Don’t pay so much attention to the words. In love’s country, language doesn’t have its place. Love’s mute.
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Attention Country Language Mistake Mute Place Word
Remove 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.
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Faith Judgement Love Play Powerful Principle Pure
Surrendering is not a weakness. At the contrary it is strength. The surrender stops living in boiling water and starts living in a secure place.
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Live Place Security Stop Strength Surrender Water Weakness
If 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.
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Act Creature Fall Forget Himself Human Proud Slave World
Love is a travel. All travelers whether they want or not are changed. No one can travel into love and remain the same.
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Change Love Travel
If you are insulted, if you are accused, if they gossip about you, don’t say anything bad. Don’t be the one who sees the shame, be the one who corrects it.
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Bad Choice Correct Oneself Right Shame Yourself

For anew Self to be born, hardship is necessary. Just as clay needs to go through intense heat to become strong, Love can only be perfected in pain.

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For anew Self to be born, hardship is necessary. Just as clay needs to go through intense heat to become strong, Love can only be perfected in pain.

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