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renderings. Their wings could not resist unfurling, breaking out of conventional space and cultural-bound time, hoping to lift many in the wake of their freedom. How did that ever happen?
Emerson read Goethe’s versions and was deeply moved by them. Emerson was also an earnest student of a wide variety of books of Eastern philosophy, religion, history, and poetry. In the spring of 1846, Emerson purchased Hammer-Purgstall’s Hafiz translations from the bookstore of his friend, Elizabeth Peabody.
I hear the voice Of every creature and plant, Every world and sun and galaxy— Singing the Beloved’s Name!
A Perfect Master experiences life as an infinite and continuous flow of divine love, swirling in, around and through all forms of life and all realms of creation. It is an experience of total unity with all life and all beings. A Perfect Master personifies perfect joy, perfect knowing, and perfect love and expresses these qualities in every activity of life.
If you knew the glorious end of your journey, at least half of your attention could be lifted from anything you can now focus on that may cause you pain.
I wonder how God ever gets any work done when He could just be gazing at Himself in awe all day? What discipline He shows.
GOD IS APPLAUDING God is applauding our every act, but He hides that reality from most, until we can understand more about real love.
DISSOLVING IN THE INFINITE I have opened all the windows in my house. Eagles fly in and out, as do any words that are spoken about me. Anything my ears might detect, firsthand or second… I might give that news a moment’s attention and then just let it be the tiny evaporating whiff of smoke it is, dissolving in the Infinite.
HOW DO I LISTEN? How do I listen to others? As if everyone were my Master speaking to me his cherished last words. How do I listen to you? As if you were the Alpha and Omega of all sound.
Put a saddle on every particle of space and ride like a wild cowboy, and just keep going. Having fun everywhere, while you sink your spurs deeper into all Being— and into what can be called God… Who then just laughs.
AI Summary
A Year With Hafiz by Hafiz presents key insights from the Sufism tradition. The 10 passages above capture the essential teachings.
Core Themes:
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Key Passages: Highlights 1, 3, and 10 are particularly representative.
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