Know Yourself Quotes

“For the passing away of something implies that it was previously existent and that in turn implies that it exists by itself and not by the power of God, which is clearly impossible. It is evident that the knowledge that the knower has of their self is the knowledge that God has of Himself, because their self is no other than He.”
― Cecilia Twinch, Know Yourself: An Explanation of the oneness of being

“If someone asks: What is the way to knowledge of the self and knowledge of God?  The answer is: It consists in being aware that God is, and nothing is with Him. And He is now as He has always been.  If someone then says: I see myself as other than God and I do not see God as myself.  The answer is: The Prophet meant by the word ‘self’ your being and your essential reality, and not the self which is called the blaming self or the lower self or the self which is known as the confident and peaceful self. By the self, he was alluding to everything that is other than God, like when he said, O God, show me things as they are, indicating by ‘things’ whatever is other than God; that is, Make me know what is other than You, so that I may know what things really are – whether they are You or other than You, whether they are eternal and subsistent, or newly happening and temporal.”
― Cecilia Twinch, Know Yourself: An Explanation of the oneness of being

“They see that their self has never been their own, not that it was and then it passed away. Because there is no self except His self, and there is no being except His being. This is what the Prophet was alluding to when he said, Do not curse time, because God is time, and God, who is blessed and exalted, is unblemished by any associate or equal or like.”
― Cecilia Twinch, Know Yourself: An Explanation of the oneness of being

“Because of this, the Prophet, God bless him and give him peace, said, Whoever knows their self, knows their Lord. He also said, I knew my Lord through my Lord. What the Prophet pointed out by that, is that you are not you but you are Him and there is no you. It is not that He enters into you or that you enter into Him, or that He comes out of you or that you come out of Him. That does not mean that you have being and you are qualified by this or that attribute. What is meant is that you never were and never will be, whether through yourself or through Him or in Him or with Him. You have neither ceased to be nor are you existent. You are Him and He is you, without any of these imperfections. If you know your existence in this way, then you know God, and if not, then not.”
― Cecilia Twinch, Know Yourself: An Explanation of the oneness of being

“Ibn ʿArabi describes the world as the exteriorization of a single hidden reality. All that we see as creation is a divine self-revelation which is constantly renewed in different forms at every moment. Of all creation, human beings have the capacity to receive the complete revelation since they encompass all levels of existence. Every human being has the potential to become a complete mirror to Reality, therefore integrating all aspects of life in a balanced and appropriate way. Above all, the movement of existence is the movement of love for the sake of the revelation of beauty.”
― Cecilia Twinch, Know Yourself: An Explanation of the oneness of being