Breakfast with Attar
Conference of the Birds
Sufi poem XII century, describing the Sufi path of illumination
through an allegory: the search of the birds of the world
for their king.
for their king.
"You, who are given over to pride,
who are swallowed up in self-pity,
who are swallowed up in self-pity,
you do well to be disturbed.
Seeing that the world passes,
Seeing that the world passes,
you yourself should pass it by.
Abandon it,
Abandon it,
for whoever becomes identified with transient things
can have no part in the things that are lasting.
The sufferings you endure can be made glorious
and not humiliating.
and not humiliating.
That which in outward appearance is suffering
can be a treasure to the seer.
can be a treasure to the seer.
A hundred blessings will come to you
if you make an effort on the Path.
if you make an effort on the Path.
But as you are,
you are only a skin
covering a dull brain."
you are only a skin
covering a dull brain."
~ Farid Ud-Din Attar
Love & Light,
P and K
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