A Time to Face God

[Fool]

have you ever seen God? how it turns a person into a fiery thing? a seraphim/cherubim/ophanim?

luke 12:49

jacob saw it

Some say love is a burning thing
That it makes a fiery ring
Oh but I know love as a fading thing
Just as fickle as a feather in a stream
See, honey, I saw love,
You see it came to me
It puts its face up to my face so I could see
Yeah then I saw love disfigure me
Into something I am not recognizing - song for zula - phosphorescent


12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

 

[DagonVarunaMitraApolloZan]

If God had a face, I'd slap it.

 

[Fool]

If God had a face, I'd slap it.

slapstick



Conference of the Birds was a great tool to understanding the beliefs associated with sufism. The epic poem uses different birds to illustrate the vices and mechanism by which humans stray away from the path to God, enlightenment, and growth. One concept of Sufism that is incredibly important is the idea of self-transformation and annihilation of the ego. The Conference of the Birds does an amazing job of illustrating this concept by showing the transformation that each bird goes through as they make their way to the find/meet their mystical ruler, the Simorgh. At the end of the book, the birds reach the palace of the Simorgh only to find a reflecting pool in which they see themselves, which is a demonstration that God/Enlightenment is not external but intrinsic to all life as we are our own Simorgh.