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Nonexistence by Ayn al-Qozat Hamadani (1098 - 1131) Timeline English version by Peter Lamborn Wilson and Nasrollah Pourjavady Original Language Persian/Farsi Muslim / Sufi 12th Century Nonexistence within existence is my Rule getting lost in getting lost my Religion.     -- from The Drunken Universe: An Anthology of Persian Sufi Poetry, Translated by Peter Lamborn Wilson / Translated by Nasrollah Pourjavady Amazon.com	Recommended Books The Drunken Universe: An Anthology of Persian Sufi Poetry, Translated by Peter Lamborn Wilson / Translated by Nasrollah Pourjavady Love's Alchemy: Poems from the Sufi Tradition, Translated by David Fideler / Translated by Sabrineh Fideler Perfume of the Desert: Inspirations from Sufi Wisdom, by Andrew Harvey / Eryk Hanut Tales of the Dervishes: Teaching Stories of the Sufi Masters over the Past Thousand Years, by Idries Shah
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Commentary by Ivan M. Granger

I like this terse poem by Hamadani.

A few lines of a wry word game is all it takes to point out how the illusion of separate, individual existence falls away in the deepest realization.

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