Shadow
All scholars and learned people are seeking
to manifest God’s desire,
“I was a hidden treasure, and I desired to be known.”
“He created Adam in His likeness,” meaning
in the likeness of God’s laws. Divine law is manifest
in all creation, because all things are the shadow
of God, and the shadow is like the person. If
the five fingers spread out, the shadow also
spreads out. If the body bows, the shadow also
bows. If it stretches out, the shadow also stretches out.
Therefore, all people seek a Beloved, for they all desire to be lovers of God, enemies to His enemies, and friends to His friends. All these are the rules and attributes of God that appear in the shadow.
To sum up, this shadow world is unaware of who we really are, yet we are aware.
But in comparison to God’s knowledge, this awareness of ours is unawareness. Not everything in a person shows in their shadow, only certain things. So not all the attributes of God show in this shadow world, only some of them, for “You have been given of knowledge nothing except a little.”
Fihi Ma Fihi - Discourse 66
“I was a hidden treasure, and I desired to be known.”
Therefore, all people seek a Beloved, for they all desire to be lovers of God, enemies to His enemies, and friends to His friends. All these are the rules and attributes of God that appear in the shadow.
To sum up, this shadow world is unaware of who we really are, yet we are aware.
But in comparison to God’s knowledge, this awareness of ours is unawareness. Not everything in a person shows in their shadow, only certain things. So not all the attributes of God show in this shadow world, only some of them, for “You have been given of knowledge nothing except a little.”
Fihi Ma Fihi - Discourse 66
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