Frithjof Schuon Archive

“Tell me whom thou frequentest, and I will tell thee who thou art.”Frequent people who honor the sacred;Sat-Sangha — the “company of the pure” —Will increase the purity of thy soul.Purity: humility before God and humility before the oneWho speaks in the name of the...

“I will do this tomorrow, if God wills” —In shâ’a ’Llâh — so say the Moslems.Without consciousness of our dependence on God,The Moslem will undertake nothing.It is praiseworthy to cast such a glance towardThe Most High — for it is God-remembrance.

Man is often tired of himself —The devil seeks to meddle in his plight.So know, O man: in God’s golden “now”Thou wilt always be renewed and refreshed.For the one who remembers the Lord, is chosen —In each call, thou art born anew.

Ask me, what is the object?It is what distracts us from outside;Whereas consciousness of God dwells within us —But the Object is first and foremostthe Highest, Real Being,Which encompasses the consciousness of living creatureswithin the framework of existence.Ask,...