“There is only one thing in the world, and that is pure, unselfish love, which shows the sign of heaven, which shows the divine sign, which gives the proof of God. For all the noble qualities which are hidden in the soul will spring forth and come to bloom when love helps them and nurtures them. Man may have a great good in him, and he may be very intelligent, but as long as his heart is closed he cannot show that nobleness, that goodness, which is hidden in his heart…
…Love sees the Beloved and nothing else. As Rumi says, ‘Whether you love a human being or you love God, there will come a day when all lovers, either of man or of God, will be brought before the throne of Love and the presence of that only Beloved will reign there.’ What does this show? In loving our friend, in loving our neighbour, even in the love that one shows to one’s enemy, one only loves God. And the one who says, ‘I love God, but I cannot love man,’ he does not love God; he cannot. It is like saying, ‘I love you very much, but I do not like to look at your face.”
– Hazrat Inayat Khan
love.peace.
-aysha
…Love sees the Beloved and nothing else. As Rumi says, ‘Whether you love a human being or you love God, there will come a day when all lovers, either of man or of God, will be brought before the throne of Love and the presence of that only Beloved will reign there.’ What does this show? In loving our friend, in loving our neighbour, even in the love that one shows to one’s enemy, one only loves God. And the one who says, ‘I love God, but I cannot love man,’ he does not love God; he cannot. It is like saying, ‘I love you very much, but I do not like to look at your face.”
– Hazrat Inayat Khan
love.peace.
-aysha
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