The One Who Is The Whole

Good and evil, the dervishes may be, 

Whoever is not so, no dervishes are they. 

Once you have seen one who is the whole, surely you have seen the whole world. Whoever you see after is a mere repetition. 

That person’s speech is contained in the words of the whole. Once you have heard their words, every word you hear thereafter is an echo.  Whoever beholds such a one, in any place, Has seen all men and women, all time and space. 

As the poet says: 

You are the true transcription Of the Archetype Divine. 

A glass through which the Sun’s Own loveliness does shine. 

Within, or without, Wherever it may lie, Accept every desire, And declare, “‘Tis I!”

Fihi Ma Fih