“Behold how this drop of seawater has taken so many forms and names; it has existed as mist, cloud, rain, dew, and mud, then plant, animal, and Perfect man; and yet it was a drop of water from which these… — Mahmud Shabistari Copy Share Image
Every particle of the world is a mirror. In each atom blazes forth the light of a thousand suns. Open the heart of a… — Mahmud Shabistari Copy Share Image
“The philosopher with his two eyes sees double, so is unable to see the unity of the Truth. ز وحدت ديدن حق شد معطل**دو چشم فلسفي چون بود احول” — Mahmud Shabistari Copy Share Image
Go sweep out the chamber of your heart. Make it ready to be the dwelling place of the Beloved. When you depart out, He… — Mahmud Shabistari Copy Share Image
“The tavern haunter wanders lonely in a desert And sees the whole world as a mirage. The desert is limitless and endless -- No one has seen its beginning or its end, And even if you wandered in it a hundred years You would not find yourself, or anyone else. Those who live there have no feet or heads, Are… — Mahmud Shabistari Copy Share
When "I" and "You" are absent, I've no idea if this is a mosque, synagogue, church or temple — Mahmud Shabistari Copy Share Image
The past has flown away. The coming month and year do not exist. Ours only is the present's tiny point. — Mahmud Shabistari Copy Share Image
Penetrate the heart of just one drop of water, and you will be flooded by a hundred oceans. — Mahmud Shabistari Copy Share Image
Knowing is passing from the false to the true and seeing the Absolute Whole in the part. — Mahmud Shabistari Copy Share Image
In God there is no duality. In that Presence "I" and "we" and "you" do not exist. "I" and "you" and "we" and "He"… — Mahmud Shabistari Copy Share Image
“Penetrate the heart of just one drop of water, and you will be flooded by a hundred oceans. Mahmûd Shabistarî” — Mahmud Shabistari Copy Share Image
In the empty heart, void of self can be heard the echoing cry, "I am the Truth." Thus is man one with the eternal.… — Mahmud Shabistari Copy Share Image
“Behold how this drop of seawater has taken so many forms and names; it has existed as mist, cloud, rain, dew, and mud, then… — Mahmud Shabistari Copy Share Image
