“Those who say “I am the servant of God” still affirm two beings: themselves and God. Those who say “I am God” have become nothing and thrown themselves to the wind.”

Original: آن که گوید من بنده خدایم دو وجود اثبات کرده است: خود و خدا. آن که گوید انا الحق نیست شده است و خود را به باد داده. — Servanthood can still be a form of dualism; annihilation is presented as the deeper courtesy. · Fihi Ma Fihi, Discourse 11 (Persian)

• Dualism
• God
• Humility

“When has religion ever been one? Here each faith has a different desire. Unity belongs to the resurrection, when all eyes fix on one place.”

Original: کی دین یکی بوده است؟ اینجا هر دینی را خواهشی دیگر است. یکی شدن در قیامت ممکن است که همه چشم بر یک جا نهند. — Rumi refuses a political shortcut to oneness while keeping a last horizon of shared gaze. · Fihi Ma Fihi, Discourse 7 (Persian)

• Difference
• Religion
• Unity

“There is no “before” left to me. It has been a long time since I have had any before. If they come, they come before an image they believe to be me.”

Original: مرا پیشی نمانده است. دیر است که مرا پیش نیست. اگر می‌آیند پیش صورتی می‌آیند که آن را من می‌پندارند. — Rank and precedence dissolve once the self is no longer stationed as an object of approach. · Fihi Ma Fihi (Persian)

• Humility
• Presence
• Self