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Vol. 11, Mysticism in Life
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18. The Inspiration and Power of the Mystic
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The Picture of the Divine Beloved
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Vol. 11, Mysticism in Life
18. The Inspiration and Power of the Mystic
The Picture of the Divine Beloved
People speak about truth and falsehood, but once the mystic has reached the truth all is truth to him; then everything is a phenomenon of truth, a picture of truth.
For instance a person looking at a picture may distinguish light and shade, but another, instead of speaking about light and shade, will say, "This is a portrait of so and so, it is a very good picture, exactly like him."
Truth is like this; and to a mystic the whole of life is the picture of the divine Beloved. He appreciates the picture as it is, accepting both its light and shade; he does not ask, as some would, why God who is perfect has not made everything perfect; he sees the whole as a perfect whole, and every imperfection is something that goes to make the perfect whole.
Therefore the mystic does not look at imperfection as imperfection, but as something that leads to perfection. And if one wonders whether a mystic sees only the outline of this existence and not the details, one may ask who can see more details than the mystic who sees the reason behind reason, the cause behind the effect, and again another cause behind every cause. He sees every object in detail, and even in that he sees the divine perfection.
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