Knowledge Is True Knowing

The Exalted Mevlana made us wonderfully known to ourselves. But instead of looking deeply and searching for our true identity we follow our egotistical, carnal desires; that's why we can't get rid of our inner sorrows and grief.
As the mystic and poet Yunus Emre said, "Knowledge is true knowing. True knowing is to know yourself. İf you don't know yourself what's the use of all this studying?"
Man is the most sacred creature on earth; all creation responded through man; all the beauties and wonders of God have been made known through man. Since this is the case, when you look in the mirror and see yourself as a human being, why aren't you trying to learn what being a human means?.....(to be continued)
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