My OperaLearn love from a moth *
Friday, March 3, 2006 5:57:19 AM
One night I was engaged in whispered prayer and supplicating and imploring to the Beloved. I noticed, in the meantime, a moth approached the lantern and began flying around it over and over until of side of its body struck the lantern and fell down but did not die. With much effort it moved about and flew to the lantern again and struck the other side of its body to the lantern, giving up its life this time.
This event inspired something to me:
O such and such! Learn how to love from this insect; let no pretension or act of claiming remain in you. The truth of love and affection was what this insect fulfilled. I learned a lot from this strange scene, and my spiritual state totally transformed…
*Moth is a symbol of love of fire in Persian literature, which sacrifices its life in the way of it beloved.
From:
The Elixir of Love
By: RajabAli khayyat
Page 167
This event inspired something to me:
O such and such! Learn how to love from this insect; let no pretension or act of claiming remain in you. The truth of love and affection was what this insect fulfilled. I learned a lot from this strange scene, and my spiritual state totally transformed…
*Moth is a symbol of love of fire in Persian literature, which sacrifices its life in the way of it beloved.
From:
The Elixir of Love
By: RajabAli khayyat
Page 167
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