Although Amal might have written This Errant Life in a psychological state of glumness and pensive contemplation as if the entire future of his soul was going to be decided in it, although in it there might be a direct connection with his personal condition at the time, it stands quite independent of all these immediate associations. In fact the individual’s individuality had turned into such evocative poignancy that it at once acquired the character of spiritual universality. That is why it becomes accessible to us—even if we are not to know the causes of its appearance, what gave rise to its birth. Perhaps they are not important if there is the authentic inspiration behind the creation, the inspiration that can touch any kindred soul. The wonderful truth, the truth of a mystic or a sufi or a bhakta’s life is that “the human cannot become the divine unless and until the divine becomes the human”. In it there is also the power to render the psychic utterance into a deep philosophy of the spirit, on which a whole system of metaphysics can be erected. The fulfilment of the transient is in the eternal which also gets enriched by stepping into it. ...   more »