Fundamental basis of all religions and beliefs
A wise man realizes that the fundamental basis of all religions and beliefs is one: Haqq, or one truth
The truth has always been covered by two garments
A turban on the head, and a robe upon the body
The turban is made of mystery known as mysticism, and the robe is made of morality, which is called religion
Truth has been covered thus by most of the prophets and saints, in order to hide it from ignorant eyes, as yet too undeveloped to bear it in its naked form
Those who see the truth uncovered, abandon reason and logic, good and bad, high and low, new and old, differences and distinctions of names and forms fade away, and the whole universe is realized as nothing other than Haqq
Truth in its realization is one
in its representation it is many
Since its revelations are made under varying conditions of time and space
As water in a fountain flows in one stream but falls in many drops, divided by time and space
So are the revelations of the one stream of truth
Not everyone can comprehend the idea of different truths being derived from the one truth
Common sense has been so narrowly trained in this world of variety, that it naturally fails to realize the breadth and subtlety of a spiritual fact so far beyond the reach of its limited reasoning
~Author unknown ~
