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"I first believed without any hesitation

in the existence of the soul, and then

I wondered about the secret of its nature.

I persevered and strove in search of the soul,

and found at last that I myself

was the cover over my soul.

I realized that in me which believed

and that in me which wondered,

that which persevered in me,

and that which found,

and that which was found at last,

was no other than my soul.

I thanked the darkness

that brought me to the light,

and I valued the veil which prepared for me

the vision in which I saw myself reflected,

the vision produced in the mirror of my soul.

Since then I have seen all souls as my soul,

and realized my soul as the soul of all;

and what bewilderment it was when I realized

that I alone was,

if there were anyone;

that I am whatever and whoever exists, and

that I shall be whoever there will be in the future.

and there was no end to my happiness and joy."

From, The Bowl of Saki by Hazrat Inayat Khan