A germ is nourished amid a hundred honours and attentions, to become an intelligent and active being.

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But when, O ignorant one! thou art no longer hindered on thy way by existence or by nothingness, thou enterest as in a dream and seest what took place at the beginning and at the end; and, knowing the end, behold its advantage. A germ is nourished amid a hundred honours and attentions, to become an intelligent and active being.

Source Mantic uttaïr, Immortality after annihilation, §2 · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to Attar, the Persian Sufi poet, whoever is no longer held back by the concern of being or not being sees, as in a dream, the meaning of their whole path: they discover that from the beginning they have been like a germ nourished with a thousand cares to grow in wisdom. Today, look at a trial or a detour in your life, and look for how it has also nourished you and helped you grow.

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