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Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. —Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite. —Bertrand Russell

Archive for November 10th, 2005

Buy bewilderment

Thursday, November 10th, 2005 Posted in Mind, Spirituality | Comments Off

A friend recently asked me to explain a verse of Rumi: Sell your cleverness, and buy bewilderment. I tried explaining it like this: The heart of mysticism is realizing the Mystery of God. Realizing is not understanding in the intellectual sense. A young child ...