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Khusrau, Amir - Ghazal 257
Identifier
020605
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
A description of the experience
Ghazal 257: muflisi az padsha’i khushtar ast
Poverty is more pleasant than majesty;
depravity, more pleasant than piety.
Majesty has its headaches, and when
last I looked, beggary was more pleasant.
Since kings let no one approach them,
being indigent among the poor
is more pleasant.
When pride gets into someone's head,
being pals with a dog from the streets
is more pleasant.
When the heart breaks with melancholy
over some beauty, that breaking is more pleasant
than any salve. Public love play with idols
is more pleasant than all this devout hypocrisy.
Once won, there's no pleasure in love.
Separation, for those who play this game,
is more pleasant.
Put your base love out of your mind,
Khusrau. Love for the sacred secret
is more pleasant.
The source of the experience
Khusrau, AmirConcepts, symbols and science items
Concepts
Symbols
Science Items
Activities and commonsteps
Activities
Suppressions
Love with visualisationReducing desires
Reducing opportunities
Reducing threats
Squash the big I am