Human Wisdom is the diver who holds enwrapped in his garment a hundred pearls.

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Human Wisdom is the diver Who holds enwrapped in his garment A hundred pearls; The soul in a swift lightning's flash Bears to the listening ear voices and messages From the shells of knowledge; Then when the husks are opened, Behold the royal shimmering pearls!

Source Shabistari, Secret Rose Garden, Pearls of Knowledge · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to Shabistari, a Persian Sufi poet, human wisdom is like a diver bringing up pearls: in a flash, the soul receives messages of knowledge, then discovers their beauty when the shell opens. Today, when an intuition or a word touches you, write it down, then come back to it this evening to discover which pearl it held.

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