a pasture for gazelles

"my heart holds within it every form,
it contains a pasture for gazelles,
a monastery for christian monks,
there's a temple for idol-worshippers,
a holy shrine for pilgrims;
there is the table of torah,
and the book of the koran.
i follow the religion of love
and go whichever way its camel leads me.
this is the true faith,
this is the true religion."

-ibn arabi (sufi mystic and philosopher, born july 28, 1165)