Baba Sheikh Farid: You must fathom the ocean
Photo: A Persian miniature depicting the medieval saint and mystic Ahmad Ghazali (d. 1123), brother of the famous Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (d. 1111), talking to a disciple, from Meetings of the Lovers (1552)
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Says Farid, you must fathom the ocean; it contains all you need and desire.
Why soil your hands searching the little ponds?
Says Farid, the Creator is in the creation and the creation in the Creator.
Whom shall we blame when He is everywhere?
(Baba Sheikh Farid)
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