The Bowl of Saki Commentary
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There is no greater scripture than nature, for nature is life itself.
Commentary from Hazrat Murshid SAM (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti, Samuel L. Lewis):
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Nature is both the forms we see and the essence permeating those forms. Without that life the forms would express neither beauty nor inspiration, for illumination of mind depends upon the kindling of both its thoughts and essence. Nature is more than the forms and yet dependent on forms. God created the world as a mirror to God's Self, and the beauty of that mirror of Nature is the beauty of God. In that mirror of Nature, in other words of life, we can study the reflection of God.