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The Sufi 'The Mystics of Islam'... A Journey Into Sufism

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  When you run after your thoughts, you are like a dog chasing a stick: every time a stick is thrown, you run after it. Instead, be like a lion who, rather than chasing after the stick, turns to face the thrower. One only throws a stick at a lion once. Milarepa “Just as it is known t hat an image of one's face is seen d epending on a mirror b ut does not really exist as a face, s o the conception of "I" exist d ependent on mind and body, b ut like the image of a face t he "I" does not at all exist as its own reality. Nagarjuna "Thanks to impermanence, everything is possible."       Nagarjuna Hmm, Did Christianity grow out of the scriptures of Buddhism which came before? Did Islam /Sufiism grow out of Christianity which came before Islam? Daoism older than Buddhism has some similarities although there are differences. Taoism or Daoism: Exactly why humans kill each other over religious beliefs and differences is  the very breadth and height of complete i...