devotion

Title: Untitled Artist: Joan Colomer Suppose you can recite a thousand holyverses from memory.What are you going to dowith your ego self, the truemark of the heretic?Every time your head touchesthe ground in prayers, remember,this was to teach you toput down that load of egowhich bars you from enteringthe chamber of the Beloved.To your mind feed understanding,to your heart, tolerance and compassion.The simpler your life, the more meaningful.The less you desire of the world,the more room you will have in itto fill with the Beloved.The best use of your tongueis to repeat the Beloved's Name in devotion.The best prayers are those inthe solitude of the night.The shortest way to the Friendis through selfless service andgenerosity to His creatures.Those with no sense of honor and dignity are best avoided.Those who change colors constantlyare best forgotten.The best way to be with thosebereft of the Beloved's qualities,is to forget them in the joy of silence in one's corner of solitude. Shaikh Abu Saeed Abil Kheir - "Nobody, Son of Nobody"