Love Beyond Law

A Little Homily for a Dying Ego

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“Give up the intellect for love and see
In one brief moment all eternity;
Break nature’s frame, be resolute and brave,
Then rest at peace in Unity’s black cave.”

—Attar, Conference of the Birds (trans. Afkham Darbandi, Dick Davis)

Law delineates and exiles.