PURIFYING THE HEART

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THE PURE heart is a spotless mirror in which images of infinite beauty are reflected. Moses, that perfect saint reflected in the mirror of his heart the infinite form of the One who is formless, the image of the One who is unseen. This form, this image, cannot be contained in heaven, nor in the ocean nor in the universe. All these have limits, but the mirror of the heart has no limit.

MASNAVI I:3485-8

O GOD, make our stony hearts as soft as wax; Make our wailing sweet to Your ears and the object of Your mercy.

MASNAVI II:1992


THE MIRROR of the heart must be clear, So you can discern the ugly from the beautiful.

MASNAVI II:2063


IF YOU are enraged by every blow, how will your mirror be polished? How will your heart become pure?

MASNAVI I:2980

IF YOUR thought is a rose
you are a rose garden;
And if it is a thorn,
you are fuel for the fire.

MASNAVI II:278