Reading
Extracts from books published by Beshara Publications
I see myself as other than God
From Know Yourself by Ibn ‘Arabi or Balyani.
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Adam — mirror to immeasurable reality
From The Wisdom of the Prophets, by Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi
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Three Friends of God
From Sufis of Andalusia by Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi
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Not trapped in one belief
From The Kernel of the Kernel, Ismail Hakki Bursevi’s summary of some key ideas in Ibn ‘Arabi translated into English by Bulent Rauf.
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The One and the Many
From The Twenty-Nine Pages – An Introduction to Ibn ‘Arabi’s Metaphysics of Unity
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Relating astrology to metaphysical principles
From Mystical Astology According to Ibn ‘Arabi, by Titus Burckhardt
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Humility
From Addresses, by Bulent Rauf
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The single most important point
From Addresses II, by Bulent Rauf
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Of the Essence
From Universal Man by ‘Abd al-Karim al-Jili
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I want to speak about what can’t be said
From Intimations by J.G. Bennett
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God gives the whole of Himself
From Commentaries on Meister Eckhart Sermons by Dom Sylvester Houédard
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