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On true freedom, pain and pleasure

In the morning, while I was in His presence with other pilgrims, He said in part:

"I have just been telling Haji (Khurasani) that there is no real pleasure in freedom from pains and ailments as such freedom is not permanent. For if a man who suffers from a fever is freed from it, he shall sooner or later have other ailments and finally he will die and depart from this life.

"But real pleasure is this that a hundred thousand bullets may be fired at a person from all directions by those who seek to destroy him, and none of these should touch him. Or that enemies try to drown him in the Sea and their efforts fail in so doing." By these and similar utterances, He referred to His own calamities and to the efforts of His many enemies who had quite recently exerted themselves to bring about His exile unto the burning deserts of Arabia or Africa, or to effect His total destruction. While speaking these words, His joy was so great that one could not help feeling that real faith is the only source of real joy and that Truth makes one invulnerable and immune to all attacks and oppositions."

- From 1906 Pilgrim Notes of Ali Kuli Khan

1906 Pilgrim Notes of Ali Kuli Khan

tonyfish58

When you read the story of all those Hero martyrs who gave their life for the Faith, you would have to agree with the statement.

I know I am inspired by the Fact, that until their appointed time no power on earth could silence them

Regards Tony