Great doubt will eventually lead to great awakening.
Interpretation
Deep questioning can lead to profound understanding and enlightenment.
This quote by Rabia Basri suggests that experiencing significant uncertainty or doubt in life can ultimately serve as a catalyst for spiritual and personal awakening. It implies that the process of grappling with deep questions and uncertainties can lead to greater insights and a more profound understanding of oneself and the world.
In practice
This quote can be shared during a meditation retreat to inspire participants to embrace their doubts.
Your prayers are your light; _x000D_ _x000D_ Your devotion is your strength;_x000D_ _x000D_ Sleep is the enemy of both. _x000D_ _x000D_ Your life is the only opportunity that life can give you._x000D_ _x000D_ If you ignore it, if you waste it,_x000D_ _x000D_ You will only turn to dust.
O Beloved of Hearts, I beseech only You. Have pity this day on those who turn to You. My Hope, my Rest, my Delight, this heart can love none other but You.
True devotion is for itself: not to desire heaven nor to fear hell.
O God! if I worship Thee in fear of Hell, burn me in Hell; and if I worship Thee in hope of Paradise, exclude me from Paradise; but if I worship Thee for Thine own sake, withhold not thine everlasting beauty.
How many gifts and graces You have given me! How many favors You have fed me from your hand! I look for your love in all directions, then suddenly its blessing burns in me.
Your hope in my heart is the rarest treasure _x000D_ _x000D_ Your Name on my tongue is the sweetest word_x000D_ _x000D_ My choicest hours_x000D_ _x000D_ Are the hours I spend with You -_x000D_ _x000D_ O God, I can't live in this world_x000D_ _x000D_ Without remembering You
Forgive but do not forget, or you will be hurt again. Forgiving changes the perspectives. Forgetting loses the lesson.
God did not direct His call to Isaiahβ Isaiah overheard God saying, ". . . who will go for Us?" The call of God is not just for a select few but for everyone. Whether I hear Godβs call or not depends on the condition of my ears, and exactly what I hear depends upon my spiritual attitude.
I'm merely trying to give you the sort of argument that would appeal to your intelligence.
People who are aware of, and ashamed of, their prejudices are well on the road to eliminating them.
Problems can only be solved by the people who have them. You have to try and coax them and love them into seeing ways in which they can help themselves.
Here's the truth about telling stories with your life. It's going to sound like a great idea, and you're going to get excited about it, and then when it comes time to do the work, you're not going to want to do it. It's like that with writing books, and it's like that with life. People love to have lived a great story, but few people like the work it takes to make it happen. But joy costs pain.
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