Hanging with Hafiz
To know your true nature, give up your worldly self. The me of the body does not serve you in the room-within. You need courage to do this. It is not for the faint of heart to cross the threshold. You are entering the unknown. The darkness within is all-consuming. You find within that there is no fear. You do not feel lost. There is no panic. The all-consuming embrace of darkness reveals your true nature as joy. Abandon the me of the body in favor of your true nature. Release fear. Accept joy as the way. Joy dwells deep within. It goes beyond the ways of the world. In the world, you experience pleasure and pain, happiness and sorrow. Joy has no opposite. It is not an experience or emotion. Joy is you. You are joy. There is no other. Your heart runs deep. You are nourished by joy. You grow slowly in the world until you are aware. Then you remember your true nature. Offer this to those with ears that hear. Joy comes in silence, without words to say.
