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Give yourself up to the Truth, For you are helpless in His grasp; Freedom from self you will find in the All, And, O Dervish! in the Truth you will find riches.
Source Shabistari, Secret Rose Garden, Free-will · 📖 Read the full passage
✨ To meditate on today
According to Shabistari, the Persian Sufi poet, giving yourself up to the Truth — one of the names of God in Islam — is not a defeat: recognizing that you are wholly in His hand frees you from the weight of wanting to carry everything alone, and the dervish, the spiritual seeker, finds his true riches there. Today, as you walk, entrust to God with each step a worry you do not have to carry alone.
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