To confuse and conquer is the way of the weak and pathetic. To clarify and unify, the way of true leaders.
© 2026 M.N. Hopkins
To confuse and conquer is the way of the weak and pathetic. To clarify and unify, the way of true leaders.
© 2026 M.N. Hopkins
Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh is a global spiritual leader, poet, and peace activist, renowned for his powerful teachings and bestselling writings on mindfulness and peace.
Stay true to the heart's light within yourselves so that you shine a way out of the madness that has gripped the minds of men.
Rumi was a 13th Century Sufi mystic and poet, from Persia (Rumi was born in modern day Afghanistan and lived for a while in Turkey). Rumi’s poetry expresses his longing for union with the Divine. It is a personal mystic journey he invites us all to join.
For those who are strong, who are able to control themselves, everything is good; one could even say everything is allowed. As for the weak, however, even heaven should be forbidden them, because heaven will drive them insane. Yes indeed, it is often heaven – in other words purity, beauty, and light – that unhinges people. Whereas in hell, amidst all the devils, they feel completely at home and they are fine. Yes, the weak have to be handled with great care because everything becomes a danger to them, be it love, wisdom, joy. You never know how they will be affected or what they will do with these gifts. For some even living can be dangerous. So what is there left for them? So many moral rules have been laid down because of human weakness. But the day human beings become truly strong, master of themselves, nothing will be forbidden them any longer. Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov was a Bulgarian philosopher, pedagogue, mystic, and esotericist. A leading 20th-century teacher of Western Esotericism in Europe, he was a disciple of Peter Deunov, the founder of the Universal White Brotherhood. |