Where should I go for inspiration but to the Beloved?
Where should I turn my face to but to the beauty of the beloved?
Nowhere else is worthy is attention
Nowhere else will delight my heart
When there is a most perfect garden with dizzyingly fragrant flowers
A feast for the eyes and a balm for the soul
Why should I roam in the desert one minute longer?
The map has been drawn
The way has been shown
All that is left is to walk on the path
That leads me to the Beloved
“In the path of the Blessed Beauty, I have experienced but little adversity… I pray that I will be given the opportunity to attain the gift of calamity in His path!”
Dr. A. M. Davudi
“The gift of calamity”
What does this phrase imply?
What does it mean?
Perhaps the lover of Truth is so intoxicated
With the wine of the love of God
That calamity in His the path
Is seen as a gift!
To see calamity as a gift
Requires deep faith
And the letting go of self and ego!
When one is released from the prison of self
Imprisonment will seem like freedom
Freedom from the desires of the insistent self
When one is released from the prison of self
Fear leaves and contentment pitches its tent
When one is released from the prison of self
Anger and injustice can be met with kindness and generosity
When on is released from the prison of self
There is nothing one can’t achieve
The Beloved is the focus
His will reigns supreme
One’s comfort and ease
One’s wishes and dreams
Take second place to His wishes
He who wants nothing but
The illumination of that soul
The development of his capacities
The polishing of the mirror of his heart
And the appearance of the gems of virtues
When one is released from the prison of self
One dies to the world
One becomes dust in the pathway of the Beloved
One only wants to serve and love others
Now and all through eternity
Lida Berghuis
October 1st, 2013
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