Opposite!
A dervish once entered the presence of a king. The king addressed him, “Oh, ascetic.”
“You are the ascetic,” the dervish answered.
“How can I be an ascetic,” the king demanded, “since the whole world belongs to me?”
“Ah, you see things the opposite of what they are,” replied the dervish. “This world and the next and all that there is to possess, these all belong to me. I have seized the whole world. It is you who have become satisfied with a mouthful and a rag.”
Wherever you turn, there is the Face of God. This Face runs and extends infinitely and forever. True spiritual lovers have sacrificed themselves for the sake of that Face, desiring nothing in return. The rest of the human race are like cattle.
“You are the ascetic,” the dervish answered.
“How can I be an ascetic,” the king demanded, “since the whole world belongs to me?”
“Ah, you see things the opposite of what they are,” replied the dervish. “This world and the next and all that there is to possess, these all belong to me. I have seized the whole world. It is you who have become satisfied with a mouthful and a rag.”
Wherever you turn, there is the Face of God. This Face runs and extends infinitely and forever. True spiritual lovers have sacrificed themselves for the sake of that Face, desiring nothing in return. The rest of the human race are like cattle.
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