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Sahl Abdullah once went into a state of violent agitation, with physical manifestations, during a religious meeting.
Ibn Salim said:"What is this state?'"
Sahl said: "This was not, as you imagine, power entering me. It was, on the contrary, due to my own weakness."
Others present remarked: "If that was weakness, what is power?"
"Power; said Sahl, 'is when something like this enters, and the mind and body manifest nothing at all."
Ibn Salim said:"What is this state?'"
Sahl said: "This was not, as you imagine, power entering me. It was, on the contrary, due to my own weakness."
Others present remarked: "If that was weakness, what is power?"
"Power; said Sahl, 'is when something like this enters, and the mind and body manifest nothing at all."
---From "The Way of the Sufi" by Idries Shah
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