Thursday, February 7, 2008

A Thin Partition

"In fact, what separates man from divine Reality is but a thin partition: God is infinitely close to man, but man is infinitely far from God.

This partition, for man is a mountain; man stands in front of a mountain which he must remove with his own hands.

He digs away the earth, but in vain, the mountain remains; man however goes on digging, in the name of God.

And the mountain vanishes.

It was never there."

...Echoes of Perennial Wisdom, Frithjof Schuon

2 comments:

blue said...

We always hear,and we know that;'Allah is closer to man than our jugular vein'.

We are His created beings in the universe.And Allah says:'I am the hidden treasure'(I created beings,in order that they may know Me)(May allah swt forgive my ignorance)

I think it is very clear that Allah loves us, and He longs for our love too.But sadly,we are the foolish ones to distance ourselves away from Him.

I have alot to learn.

May allah swt grants us His blessings and favours and guidance to be Closer to Him. Amin.

TheHoopoe said...

blue,

learning is for everyone. we all have lots to learn. and yet, more challenging, in our consciousness, to apply what we learn and to find the reality of that knowledge.