40 Quotes by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee

The journey towards oneness emphasizes the opposites and we are caught in their conflict.

How can we speak about sustainability without speaking about the Sustainer?

It is said that what you think, you become. If we continually think of Allâh we become one with Allâh.

One of the attributes of the saint is that he has no fear, for fear is anticipating some disagreeable event that might come or expecting that something beloved might pass away in the future. The saint is concerned only with the present moment. He has no future to fear.

Your journey is towards your homeland. Remember you are travelling from the world of appearances to the world of Reality. – Abdul Khaliq Ghujduwani

The perfect mystic is not an ecstatic devotee lost in contemplation of Oneness, nor a saintly recluse shunning all commerce with mankind, but “the true saint” goes in and out amongst the people and eats and sleeps with them and buys and sells in the market and marries and takes part in social intercourse, and never forgets God for a single moment. – Abu Said ibn Abi al-Khair 

The fire of devotion within the heart, ignited by the glance of the Beloved, contains the secret of divine consciousness, sirr allah. Sirr Allah is a spiritual substance within the innermost chamber of the heart, the heart of hearts. His divine consciousness, which reveals itself within the heart of His devoted servant. (p. 116)

There is a polish for everything that taketh away rust;and the polish of the heart is the invocation of Allâh. – Hadith of the Prophet

Sufis describe the heart as a mirror which the wayfarer polishes and polishes with aspiration andinner work, until no imperfection remains. Then the mirror of the heart can reflect the true light ofthe Beloved.