Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Wisdom: Do not attempt to cross a lake by holding the tail of a buffalo

Do not attempt to cross a lake
By holding the tail of a buffalo.
It will lie down in the mud when it gets to the middle, and be-
cause you will be unable to go forward or to come back, you
will drown.

Muhaiyaddeen, M.R. Bawa. The Golden Words of a Sufi Sheikh. Philadelphia:Fellowship Press, 1981, 2006

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