Understanding the nature of desire

(Quotations from Rabi´a al-Adawiyya)

Sufiyan:: This is my prayer: let God be satisfied with me.
Rabi'a:: How dare you pray that -- when you are not satisfied with God?
(p. 39)

©1999 by Deb Platt

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