“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

“If all reality were openly revealed, what need would there be for words? When the heart bears witness, the tongue’s testimony is superfluous.”

Original: اگر همه حقیقت آشکار بودی سخن را چه حاجت بودی؟ چون دل گواهی دهد گواهی زبان چه باید؟ — Speech is treated as a crutch for what the heart already knows. · Fihi Ma Fihi (Persian)

• Heart
• Truth
• Words

“Within us there is a mouse and there is a bird. The bird lifts the cage; the mouse drags it down.”

Original: در ما موش است و مرغ. مرغ قفس را بالا می‌برد و موش فرود می‌کشد. — The inner life is pictured as a single cage pulled by contrary creatures until both natures are given up. · Fihi Ma Fihi, Discourse 7 (Persian)

• Conflict
• Self
• Unity