Thus passing through the infinite varieties of space we reach the Divine space which is absolutely free from all dimensions and constitutes the meeting point of all infinities.
Interpretation
The quote suggests that by exploring the vastness of space, we ultimately reach a transcendent realm that transcends all limitations.
Muhammad Iqbal's quote reflects on the profound journey through the complexities of existence and the universe. It insinuates that through the exploration of the infinite varieties found in the cosmos, we can arrive at a higher understanding or divine realm that is beyond the constraints of dimensions and physical realities, representing the ultimate meeting point of all that exists.
In practice
In a lecture about the universe and our place in it, this quote can inspire awe and reflection.
The revealed and mystic literature of mankind bears ample testimony to the fact that religious experience has been too enduring and dominant in the history of mankind to be rejected as mere illusion. There seems to be no reason, then, to accept the normal level of human experience as fact and reject its other levels as mystical and emotional.
I have seen the movement of the sinews of the sky, And the blood coursing in the veins of the moon.
let this be our beautiful departure from stagnation; let our minds come alive; enter another dimension; go beyond the stars eagerly struggling to find that... which our naked eyes did not know existed; rise like a falcon born to soar and not be alone but be present amongst others.
The soul is neither inside nor outside the body; neither proximate to nor separate from it.
The wing of the Falcon brings to the king, the wing if the crow brings him to the cemetery.
The truth is that the religious and the scientific processes, though involving different methods, are identical in their final aim. Both aim at reaching the most real.
Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there.
In the largest scheme of things, just as no one has the right to tell us our true value, no one has the right to tell us what we truly owe.
The faintest gleam of their lost memories glimmered for the briefest moment in their hearts.
Mom said, "His spirit is there," and that made me really angry. I told her, "Dad didn't have a spirit! He had cells!" "His memory is there." "His memory is here," I said, pointing at my head. "Dad had a spirit," she said, like she was rewinding a bit in our conversation. I told her, "He had cells, and now they're on rooftops, and in the river, and in the lungs of millions of people around New York, who breathe him every time they speak!
Life is a system of half-truths and lies, Opportunistic, convenient evasion.
We are vegans not simply because being vegan will reduce suffering. We are vegan because every sentient being values her or his life even if no one else does. We are vegan because justice minimally requires that we not take life for trivial purposes.
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