Another quote from Baba Farid, who’s known as “Ganj-i Shakar (Bunch of Sugar)”.
Conceal your good deeds with the same diligence you use to conceal your bad deeds.
Archive for October, 2008
Bunch of Sugar
Posted in Friend of God, Wisdom, tagged Baba Farid, Diligence on October 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Not Every Heart
Posted in Destiny, Friend of God, God, Heart, tagged Baba Farid, God, Pearls, Secret on October 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Baba Farid, a well-known Friend of God said:
“Not every heart is capable of finding the Secret of God’s Love.
There are not pearls in every sea; there is not gold in every mine.”
How will we know if our hearts have the capacity to find that Secret if we don’t make any effort toward piousity?
Think
Posted in Be Thankful, tagged Gain, Loss, Think on October 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What we think of as a loss may actually be a gain.
Be Honest
Posted in Exemplary Behavior, Perfection, Role Models for Humanity, tagged Believer, disposition, Honesty on October 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Be honest with yourself – are you a positive or negative person? Do you bring sunshine and smiles or arguments and derision? Is “your glass half full or half-empty”? Do you look for the good in people or point out their faults to others? Are you a grateful person or an ungrateful complainer? Now, what [...]
True Knowledge
Posted in Friend of God, God, Wisdom, tagged Friends, God, Knowledge, Revelation on October 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
True knowledge of God, is not knowledge that God is One, which is possessed by all believers. Nor the knowledge of Him derived from proof and demonstration, which belongs to philosophers, rhetoricians and theologians. But it is the knowledge of the Attributes of Divine Unity which belongs to the Friends of God, those who behold [...]
Humility
Posted in Humility, tagged Congressman, Horace Greeley, Humility on October 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today one of my many lovely friends sent this to me. We love to share, so here it is:
A pompous inflated Congressman once remarked to Horace Greeley, “I am a self-made man!” To which Greeley replied, “Well, sir, that relieves the Almighty of a great responsibility.”
Epiphany
Posted in Faith, God, Good Manners, True Religion, Wisdom, tagged Agnosticism, Communication, Revelation on October 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My definition of “Revelation” is a sudden intuitive eye/mind opening, a cloud or veil lifted, an understanding of something not previously understood nor thought. A Gift, either momentarily, temporally or permanently Given to anyone whom God wants. These days the word “Epiphany” is used for the same phenomenon, though I think it’s mainly due to [...]
When you grow old, and to life’s close progress,
When you regret how you’ve lack success,
Then only, driven by gloom in excess,
Will you at last for God your love profess.
Nizam Ad-Din Awliya
“It Wasn’t Me”
Posted in Exemplary Behavior, tagged Apology, Humility, Miracles, Path of Blame on October 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
How times have changed and, in some cases, I don’t think for the better. Today’s mantra is “It wasn’t me.” From young to old I hear the words: “Someone else caused my problems, someone else is at fault” – rarely do we hear. “Yes, I did it and I’m sorry.”
Long ago, and maybe in some [...]
The lowest decree in trust in God is trusting that you will receive your daily bread.
