Sufi heart with wings

The Symbol of the Sufi Message by Pir-o-Murshid Hazrat Inayat Khan The symbol of the Sufi Message, which is a heart with wings, denotes its ideal. The heart is both earthly and heavenly. The heart is a receptacle on earth of the divine Spirit, and when it holds the divine Spirit, it soars heavenward; the wings picture its rising. The crescent in the heart symbolizes responsiveness. It is the heart that responds to the spirit of God, which rises. The crescent is a symbol of responsiveness because it grows fuller as the moon grows fuller by responding more and more to the sun as it progresses. The light one sees in the crescent...

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Did I Not Say To You

Did I not say to you,  “Go not there, for I am your friend; in this  mirage of annihilation I am the fountain of life?”  Even though in anger you depart a hundred thousand years  from me, in the end you will come to me, for I am your goal. Did I not say to you,  “Be not content with worldly forms, for I  am the fashioner of the tabernacle of your contentment?”  Did I not say to you,  “I am the sea and you are a single fish;  go not to dry land, for I am your crystal sea?”  Did I not say to you,  “ Go not like birds to the snare; come, for  I...

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