My beloved grows right out of my own heart. How much more union can there be.
Fasting blinds the body in order to open the eyes of your soul.
There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled. You feel it, don't you? You feel the separation from the Beloved. Invite Him to fill you up, embrace the fire.
We cannot steal the fire. We must enter it.
Your worst enemy is hiding within yourself, and that enemy is your nafs or false ego.
New organs of perception come into being as a result of necessity. Therefore, O man, increase your necessity, so that you may increase your perception.