The more I contemplate al-Fatiha, the more I am convinced that humanity is being invited on the Royal Road to the Direct Experience of Allah, not the codified laws of do's and don'ts, rectitude and certitude. We are being invited to the mysterious path of Direct Experience, not one that is limited by time and space, longitude and latitude. This is how Hafiz sees the process of alchemy!
Something I have learned
Water
Gets poured through a cloth
To become free of impurities.
The Beloved's Name
Is a mystical weave and pattern -
A hidden sieve of effulgence
We need to pass through thousands of
Times.
From my constant remembrance
Of the Friend,
All I now say is safe to
Drink.
Something I have learned
From the Kind Radiant One
Who drew me from the unfathomable
Sky's well
Makes me playful all day
Long.
~ From "The Subject Tonight is Love." - Translated by Daniel Ladinsky
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