Be whole, and nothing.
–Hakim Sanai (1044? - 1150?)
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there's no remaining in place.
The foot touches ground,
but not for long.
as a stream streams, working
as its Self, to get to the ocean.
Then there's no more mention
of the search.
stays always in motion,
and there is no you there, and no reason.
and the delicate tracings on it cannot
be explained with language.
Everything is nothing.
God alone is.
who's ahead or behind, these considerations
are rocks and clogged places
that slow you. Be as naked as a wheat grain
out of its husk and sleek as Adam.
than the presence.
Don't speak of a "you"
apart from That.
–Hakim Sanai (1044? - 1150?)
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