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POSTED BY: N_L_S on Mar 6, 2008
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I Am and I Am Not
I’m drenchedin the flood which has yet to come
I’m tied up in the prisonwhich has yet to exist
Not having playedthe game of chessI’m already the checkmate
Not having tasteda single cup of your wineI’m already drunk
Not having enteredthe battlefield
I’m already wounded and slain
I no longerknow the differencebetween image and reality
Like the shadowI am
And
I am not..............
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THE TRUE SUFI
What makes the Sufi? Purity of heart;
Not the patched mantle and the lust perverse
Of those vile earth-bound men who steal his name.
He in all dregs discerns the essence pure:
In hardship ease, in tribulation joy.
The phantom sentries, who with batons drawn
Guard Beauty's place-gate and curtained bower,
Give way before him, unafraid he passes,
And showing the King's arrow, enters in.
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