This thing we tell of can never be found by seeking, yet only seekers find it. Abu Yazid Al-Bistami (804 – 874)
Abu Yazid Al-Bistami Quote – “For thirty years I sought God…”
For thirty years I sought God. But when I looked carefully I found that in reality God was the seeker and I the sought. Abu Yazid Al-Bistami (804 – 874)
Abu Yazid Al-Bistami Quote – “All this talk and turmoil and noise and movement and desire is outside the veil…”
All this talk and turmoil and noise and movement and desire is outside the veil. Inside the veil is silence and calm and peace. Abu Yazid Al-Bistami (804 – 874)
Abu Yazid Al-Bistami Quote – “If I only knew that I had taken one single step in sincerity…”
If I only knew that I had taken one single step in sincerity, I would give no value to anything else. Abu Yazid Al-Bistami (804 – 874)
Abu Yazid Al-Bistami Quote – “I made four mistakes in my preliminary steps in this way…”
I made four mistakes in my preliminary steps in this way: I thought that I remember Him, that I know Him, that I love Him and that I seek Him. But when I reached Him, I saw that His remembering of me preceded my remembrance of Him, that His knowledge about me preceded my knowledge of Him, that His love […]