SPIRIT
Pure spirit reaches in the four directions, flows now this way, no that - there is no place it does not extend to. Above, it brushes heaven; below, it coils on the earth...Its name is called One-with_Heaven...Guard the spirit...and you will become one with spirit...which communicates and mingles with the Heavenly Order.
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Chuang Tzu, from Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings
The inner pilgrim wraps himself in the light of the holy spirit, transforming his material shape into the inner essence, and circumambulating the shrine of the heart, inwardly reciting the name of God. He moves in circles because the path of the essence is not straight but circular. Its end is its beginning.
- Abdu'l-Qadir Al-Gilani, quoted in Travelling the Path of Love: Sayings of Sufi Masters