Kagyu Tibetan Buddhist Center in London. The Dark Night of the Soul: By Peter Holleran Prelude "The sugar cane yields its sweet juice only after it has been crushed relentlessly in a mill. The human entity yields its noblest traits and truest wisdom only after it has been crushed repeatedly in the mill of anguish. " - Paul Brunton (1) “No one has been united to his Beloved through mirth. Whoever has attained communion with him has done so after shedding many tears. If it were possible to meet the beloved while laughing and in a state of comfort, why should one suffer the anguish of separation? The people of the world are happy. "We are people of little faith and fail to recognize and appreciate the hand which guides and which sustains. "I realize that no contemplative path wants to advertise the cross or the suffering entailed in the crossing over. Part One St. The authentic dark night is thus nothing less than a compassionate and beneficent gift of God.
"If Allah touch thee with affliction, none can remove it but He. " - Qur'an 6:17 According to St. Kagyu Monlam Webcast | 噶舉祈願網路直播. (9) Karmapa. Pilgrimage 2012. Garuda Trading.