The Hidden Sphere (of Artistic Concerns) Cecil Orion Touchon 20 Give up your chasing after knowledge in an attempt to
add credibility to your self.
Everyone appears to be happy and excited;
The people have gathered all that they need
My mind is like that of a simpleton, [3]
The people's minds burn bright with the concerns of this
world.
This makes me different from most people.
[1] The more a man enters the light of understanding, the more aware he is of his own ignorance. And when the light reveals itself fully and unites with him and draws him into itself, so that he finds himself in a sea of light, then he is emptied of all knowledge and immersed in absolute unknowing. Symeon the New Theologian (949-1022)
[2] Be in a realm where neither good nor evil exists. Both of them belong to the world of created beings; in the presence of unity there is neither command nor prohibition Abu Yazid Al-Bistami
[3] Our mind is pure and simple. When it is emptied of thought, it enters the pure and simple light of God, and finds nothing but the light Symeon the New Theologian
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