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December 9, 2007
everything is he
People think that to say “I am God” is a claim of greatness, but it is actually extreme humility. Anyone who says “I am God’s servant” predicates two existences, his own and God’s, while the one who says “I am God” nullifies himself-that is, he gives up his own existence as nothing. It is said that “I am God” means: “I do not exist; everything is He. Existence is God’s alone; I am utter, pure nonexistence; I am nothing.” There is more humility in this than any claim to greatness, but people do not comprehend. When a man acknowledges his servitude to God, he is aware of his act of being a servant. It may be for God, but he still sees himself and his own act along with seeing God. He is not “drowned”; drowned is he in whom there is no motion or action but whose movement is the movement of the water.
Rumi - Fihi Ma Fih
Posted by amin at December 9, 2007 12:50 AM