When you stand with your back to the sun, your shadow is before you; ...
When you stand with your back to the sun, your shadow is before you; but when you turn and face the sun, then your shadow falls behind you. Bowl of Saki, January 4, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: Plato wrote that we live in a shadow world, where we confuse the shadow of ourselves with reality. This is the Nafs, the false ego, which stands in the light before God, causing, so to speak, a spiritual eclipse.... The Nafs turns us from the One to the many, enticing us... Sign in to see full entry.