I desire not to desire, for ...

I desire not to desire, for my will is without value, since I am ignorant in any case. Therefore choose Thou for me what thou knowest to be best and do not put my perdition in what my autonomy and free choice prefer.
I desire not to desire, for my will is without value, since I am ignorant in any case. Therefore choose Thou for me what thou knowest to be best and do not put my perdition in what my autonomy and free choice prefer.
 Bayazid Bastami

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All this talk and turmoil and noise and movement and desire is outside of the veil; within the veil is silence and calm and rest.
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