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1 " Once Mullah Nasruddin’s favorite clock stopped working, so he took it for repair. When the repairperson took the back off the clock and turned it over, a dead fly fell out. “So that’s the problem,” said Nasruddin. “The little mechanic who operated it has died! "
― Neil Douglas-Klotz , The Sufi Book of Life: 99 Pathways of the Heart for the Modern Dervish
2 " Life is cooking us, and we resist because we don’t know our purpose in life, the “meal” that is being prepared. The cook says to the chickpeas, “You were once drinking fresh dew in the garden. That was so you could be a nice meal for the Guest. Don’t dwell on the self you think you are. Let yourself be transformed into something even better—a meal for the "
3 " Even the hills and fields are flowing, so why do you feel you’re all alone, tears hugging you to yourself ? The world is a tree bowed down with fruit, while you bend over stealing rotten apples. "
4 " Light upon light upon light---back and back we trace it to its Source,radiating light and sound---a voice, an echoguiding those who hear Love's desireunfold the universe's story,who come to this calllike thirsty birds to water.Beloved, the One creates for usmodels, signs, symbols, parableseverywhere we look to remind usof our Source.And the one behind allunderstands and embraces all---the past and future journey of every thingfrom seed to star. "
