The Secrets of the Self: Page Index

Title Page

Contents

Introduction

Prologue

I. The System of the Universe Originates in the Self

II. The Life of the Self Comes From Forming Desires

III. The Self is Strengthened by Love

IV. The Self is Weakened by Asking

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

VI. Negation of the Self

VII. We Must be on Guard Against Platonism

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

IX. The Three States in the Education of the Self

X. Inner Meanings of the Names of Ali

XI. The Young Man of Merv and Saint Ali Hujwírí

XII. The Bird that was Faint with Thirst

XIII. Story of the Diamond and the Coal

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

XV. On Jihad

XVI. Precepts of Bábá Sahrá’í

XVII. Time is a Sword

XVIII. An Invocation