Statement | What am I? You may let me to get help from Sachal Sarmast the Sufi Poet of Sindh. \"WHAT AM I? What am I? Sisters! Oh what am I? I am something, I know not what. At times I think myself a marionette, Again at times the thread that moves the kite. Or am I a spinning ball that wheels and sounds in the hand of the friend? Or am I a palace in which the Emperor sits and speaks of diverse tales? Is it I, the horse whom the rider rides? Maybe, I am a wave of the sea that floods the space. Perhaps I am the henna flower that has red inside! Or am I the fountain filled by the clouds? Or am I the reflection of the sun in the pool? Is the reflection itself the resplendent light? Perhaps it is I, the reflection of Reality, that which is beyond speech; it maybe even that I am not! Sachal says he learnt it from the Master, \"There is nothing but He, He always is.\"
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HERE AND THERE Who was I there? What am I here? There I had another name, Here I am called differently. I was not to come here But some desire carried me away. There I was in the Beloved\'s State, Here I came to be a lover. There it was all peace, neither noise nor trouble, Here I am immersed in anxious thought. Ah Sachal! Why misconceive? All is Truth, only let go this \"I\"
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I believe not in the outer religion, I live ever in love. Say Amen! When love comes to you. Love is neither with the infidels nor with the faithful. Look at the wonder of love.
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