Shadows of a Reflection

If we gave you the Truth of what was Given,

We know you could never understand even,

If it were laid out before you: the past and present,

And future.  Because you conceive the Self ascent.

When nothing arisen and nothing had descended,

Because you imagine that there was movement,

When in fact there was nothing you intended.

No power and no strength; nothing you meant.

You speak of intentions as if you know it well,

When in truth, you could not understand that

Which was from other than the Self - to dwell

Upon matters of the Heart and what deeds beget.

So here we say what you will learn eventually.

That Heart of the Believer He Dwells within.

But there is no mu’min except al-Mu’min actually.

And the Heart you tear is yours with sin.

The arrogance of Separation has clouded you

And made you heedless so that you will learn

That there is a price to pay for forgetting to do

That which was Promised – to Remember and Yearn.

You imagine there is a ‘me’ and there is a ‘you’.

You see everything by the light and deception.

You do not see the Light by which you do

See all that is mere shadows of a Reflection

Terence Nunis