Ten Sufi Thoughts
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There is One God, the Eternal, the Only Being; none exists save God.
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There is One Master, the Guiding Spirit of all Souls, Who constantly leads followers towards the light.
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There is One Holy Book, the sacred manuscript of nature, the only scripture which can enlighten the reader.
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There is One Religion, the unswerving progress in the right direction towards the ideal, which fulfils the life’s purpose of every soul.
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There is One Law, the law of reciprocity, which can be observed by a selfless conscience together with a sense of awakened justice.
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There is One Brotherhood and Sisterhood, the human brotherhood and sisterhood, which unites the children of earth indiscriminately in the Parenthood of God.
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There is One Moral, the love which springs forth from self-denial, and blooms in deeds of beneficence.
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There is One Object of Praise, the beauty which uplifts the heart of its worshippers through all aspects from the seen to the unseen.
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There is One Truth, the true knowledge of our being, within and without, which is the essence of all wisdom.
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There is One Path, the annihilation of the false ego in the real, which raises the mortal to immortality, and in which resides all perfection.