killkonfusion
May 21, 2004 01:50
In Keys to the Open Gate, Kimberly Snow writes about the way the Sufis measure their words. They do not speak unless their words manage to pass through three gates. At the first gate, they ask themselves, "Are these words true?" If so, they let them pass to the second gate, where they ask, "Are they necessary?" At the last gate, they ask, "Are they