اطلبوا الحاجات بعزة الأنفُس .. فإنَّ قضاءها بيد الله

علي بن أبي طالب

I remember having such conversation with a friend. We both noticed that a lot of prayers are basically begging and often involve belittling oneself.

مثلًا دعاء الصباح أو كميل، لغتهن وطريقتهن بمخاطبة الذات الإلهية تختلف بشكل جبير عن دعاء ثاني مثل أبو حمزة الثمالي
The former have a softer, wiser, and less slave-ish tone. While the latter sounds more like currying a favor from an angry tyrant.

كلمن يشوف الله بعين طبعه

بالضبطط
"تتلوّن الحقيقةُ بوعيِ العارِف، كما يتلوّن الماءُ بلون الزجاج"

On a similar note:

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(كَأَنَّمَا أُغْشِيَتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ قِطَعًا مِنَ اللَّيْلِ مُظْلِمًا)

POV: *you are a Gen z at work*

Latin: Nitimur in vetitum, semper cupimusque negata

English: We strive for the forbidden, and always desire what is denied.

"Riders Crossing the Desert" by Jean-Léon Gérôme

"According to Buddha, the root problem is ignorance, which encourages attachments that lead to desires and cravings, which bring dissatisfaction and discontent. And, if ignorance is the problem, the solution must be knowledge. So insight is redemption. Understanding is salvation."

In the beginning, the existence was blind. There was no knowledge. All of it was a great sea of ignorance.

- Buddhist teachings on 'the origin of life'

I have just come from a party where I was its life and soul; witticisms streamed from my lips, everyone laughed and admired me, but I went away... and I wanted to shoot myself.

- Soren Kierkegaard

"Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam"
By Heinrich Heine