Observing Body and Soul — Part Two
«By comparing human actions to the behavior of animals, this article stresses the need to love God and to shun attachment to worldly life and sensual desire. The true faces of those who do not love God are strange, frightening, and ugly; we must avoid deeds like those of a spider, whose purpose is base.»
????????بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم????????
????????The University of the Spiritual Path????????
????????????Mystical wayfaring in the light of the Qur’an and the Household????????????
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????????Observing body and soul 2????????
????????Look carefully and attentively in the mirror at your beautiful face. Consider every part of your body thoughtfully. It really is beautiful! Now—if you’ll excuse me—imagine this in your mind’s eye: if your appearance and features were transformed, how would you feel about yourself? Don’t rest until you find the answer!
????????Now look at your actions in the mirror of reason! All it takes is a week—or even a single day—to examine your conduct, actions, and attachments. Now—if you’ll excuse me—imagine someone else, so that you won’t feel offended: an imaginary person. Consider whether the animals you know, from insects to other kinds of creatures, behave and live like this imaginary person. If that person eats and sleeps like an animal, behaves like one, and has no lofty thoughts or actions, then insects and other animals are superior to that person!
????????I won’t take you far afield; I’ll bring this to a close right here.
????????Woe to those whose human appearance has been transformed!
????????Are you under God’s guardianship and authority? Do you love God? What signs of divine love are there within you? Those who worship the world, their bellies, their desires, or power belong among those who do not love God! Anyone who fails to love God has a true appearance that is strange, frightening, ugly, and unbearable!
????????Do you know the spider? Though it spins its web with delicate skill and artistry, how base and vile its purpose is! Did you know that many people are like spiders? Astonishingly, if you look at some people with the insight of faith, that very face becomes apparent! May we seek refuge in God, the Beautiful, the Merciful!
مَثَلُ الَّذينَ اتَّخَذُوا مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ أَوْلِياءَ كَمَثَلِ الْعَنْكَبُوتِ اتَّخَذَتْ بَيْتاً وَ إِنَّ أَوْهَنَ الْبُيُوتِ لَبَيْتُ الْعَنْكَبُوتِ لَوْ كانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ
????????العنكبوت : 41
????????Those who take protectors besides God are like the spider that builds itself a house. If only they knew, the spider’s house is surely the frailest of all houses.
????????Yes! We haven’t forgotten that spiders, too, come in different kinds, and among them there are worse and worst…
☘️????110-141????☘️ ????Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat)????