The Secrets of the Self: Page Index

Title Page

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Contents

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Introduction

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Prologue

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I. The System of the Universe Originates in the Self

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II. The Life of the Self Comes From Forming Desires

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III. The Self is Strengthened by Love

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IV. The Self is Weakened by Asking

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V. Strengthened by Love it Gains Dominion Over the Forces of the Universe

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VI. Negation of the Self

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VII. We Must be on Guard Against Platonism

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VIII. The True Nature of Poetry and the Reform of Islamic Literature

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IX. The Three States in the Education of the Self

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X. Inner Meanings of the Names of Ali

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XI. The Young Man of Merv and Saint Ali Hujwírí

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XII. The Bird that was Faint with Thirst

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XIII. Story of the Diamond and the Coal

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XIV. The Sheikh and the Brahmin, and the Ganges and the Himalaya

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XV. On Jihad

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XVI. Precepts of Bábá Sahrá’í

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XVII. Time is a Sword

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XVIII. An Invocation

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