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[32] There was a Door to which I found no Key: by Omar Khayyam (11th Century) Timeline English version by Edward FitzGerald Original Language Persian/Farsi Muslim / Sufi 11th Century There was a Door to which I found no Key: There was a Veil through which I could not see:      Some little Talk awhile of Me and Thee There seemed -- and then no more of Thee and Me.     -- from The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, by Omar Khayyam / Translated by Edward FitzGerald Amazon.com	Recommended Books The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, by Omar Khayyam / Translated by Edward FitzGerald The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, by Omar Khayyam / Translated by Peter Avery The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (Illustrated Edition), by Omar Khayyam / Translated by Edward FitzGerald The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Explained, by Paramhansa Yogananda / Edited by J. Donald Walters (Kriyananda) The Sufism of the Rubaiyat or the Secret of the Great Paradox, by Norton F. W. Hazeldine More >>
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Commentary by Ivan M. Granger

Another powerful quatrain from the Sufi classic the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.

The door that has no key and the veil through which one cannot see is the final barrier that separates us from the Divine Beloved. That barrier is dualism itself. At first there is the dualistic perception of "Me and Thee," of the separate identities of the lover and Beloved, and then suddenly that final barrier falls away. The barrier is passed, not through some action or "key," but through the instantaneous recognition that the barrier does not, in truth, exist at all. You are stunned to discover that there is no separation (only the ego identity's charade of a separation). And then -- "no more of Thee and Me," only Divine Presence!

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