WONDER —— a garden among flames! My heart has become capable of every form : a PASTURE for GAZELLES & a CONVENT for CHRISTIAN MONKS & a TEMPLE for IDOLS and the PILGRIM’S KAABA, the TABLES of the TORAH and the BOOK of the KORAN. I believe in the RELIGION OF LOVE. Whatever direction its caravans may take; for LOVE is my RELIGION & my FAITH.Born in Moorish Spain, 1165, he came to be called SHAYKH UL AKBAR, the GREAT MASTER. Rooted in Islamic Sciences, his work is UNIVERSAL, accepting that each person has a UNIQUE PATH TO THE TRUTH.. When he was 19, he met the renowned philosopher —–IBN RUSHD, whom the West knows as —-AVERROES. He asked Ibn AL Arabi, “Do the mystic illumination agree with philosophical speculation ?” The reply was, ” Yes and No. Between the YES and NO, the SPIRITS TAKE THEIR FLIGHT BEYOND…
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