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“Idolaters have considered idols as something to worship only because they were worshiped by their ancestors. God, on the other hand, is Beloved and worshiped because He is God.”
-Fethullah Gulen

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Love and Mercy - The Ideal Human
Written by Fethullah Gulen   
Sunday, 15 January 2006
Freedom means that the spirit voluntarily limits itself to nothing other than sublime feelings and thoughts and serves no principles other than goodness and virtue.

Many people who are actually imprisoned or in chains remain free in their conscience and so do not feel their imprisonment. Many others however do not taste the true meaning of freedom although they inhabit the grand spaces of palaces and gardens.

True freedom is civilized freedom. It wears the diamond chain of religion and morals and the golden collar of sound thinking.

True freedom is the freedom of the human mind from all shackles that hinder it from making material and spiritual progress as long as we do not fall into indifference and heedlessness.

Freedom allows people to do whatever they want provided that they do not harm others and that they remain wholly devoted to the truth.

Freedom that does not acknowledge religious ideas and feelings and that does not serve as the ground for virtue and morality is like the desire to scratch oneself. Communities afflicted with this desire eventually become restless and wander off the common road of humanity.

Those who regard freedom as absolute liberty confuse human freedom with animal freedom. Animals have no moral questions asked of them and so are free of moral constraints. Some people desire this kind of freedom and if they can use it to indulge the darkest desires of the flesh. Such freedom is worse than bestial. True freedom however the freedom of moral responsibility shows that one is human for it motivates and enlivens the conscience and removes impediments to the spirit.

 
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A Magical Invitation for You
You are lovingly invited to explore the Aim of Life and discover spiritual enlightenment and, most importantly, peace of mind. Travel trough the emeralds of the heart, means that by being freed from the vices and weaknesses particular to human nature and acquiring angel-like qualities and conduct pleasing to God, one lives one's life in accordance with the requirements of knowledge and love of God and in the spiritual delight that comes thereby.

The Pearls of Wisdom is the core of your being, your Essence or soul, that spark of Divinity, within you, that is Forever one with the Creator. Your life is an inscribed word, it is a wisdom-displaying word written by the Pen of Power. You can create a peace filled, illumined life by consciously choosing to experience joy, love, health, and a prosperous, harmonious life.

Divine Wisdom is reading the language of creation. The Pearls of Wisdom are the words of chosen ones who have devoted their lives to comprehending whispers of creation. They are grasping the whole from pieces and offering it as a horizon opener for us. These words will be a divine inspiration for us to solve our problems, as well as lights to illuminate our life in order to plan and design. Pearls of Wisdom will be guidance for us to attain infinite life in the hereafter that is life in paradise.

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