I was reading a poem by the great woman mystic Rabia Al Basri. She was born in Basra, Iraq and not much is known about her apart from the fact that she was born into poverty, cought by caravan robbers and sold as a slave to a family.
Later on she was set free because one night her owner walked in upon her in the darkness and saw a light enveloping her as she sat down in prayer.
She was also the first woman among sufi mystics who spoke about loving God for the sake of Love.
"O Allah! If I worship You for fear of Hell, burn me in Hell,
and if I worship You in hope of Paradise, exclude me from Paradise.
But if I worship You for Your Own sake,
grudge me not Your everlasting Beauty.”
http://www.poetseers.org/spiritual_and_devotional_poets/sufi/rabia/
Do you know anyone with similar teachings? Please share.
Thank You
2007-03-10
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