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The heart of man has been so constituted by the Almighty that, like a flint, it contains a hidden fire which is evoked by music and harmony, and renders man beside himself with ecstasy. These harmonies are echoes of that higher world of beauty which we call the world of spirits; they remind man of his relationship to that world, and produce in him an emotion so deep and strange that he himself is powerless to explain it.
Source The Alchemy of Happiness, Chapter V, §1 · 📖 Read the full passage
✨ To meditate on today
According to Ghazali, God has placed in the human heart, as in a flint, a hidden fire that music and harmony awaken, for they are the echoes of a higher world of beauty. Today, take a few minutes to truly listen to a piece of music that lifts you up, doing nothing else, and let it remind you where all beauty comes from.
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