Ten Thousand Idiots — Hafiz Poem | The Hafiz Series

'Ten Thousand Idiots' is a wry spiritual warning about a very specific trap on the path: the moment a seeker starts believing their inner work is done — that the ego, the fear, the noise, the confusion have all been permanently evicted. Hafiz delivers the punchline with comic precision: those ten thousand idiots who ruled you for so long haven't actually gone anywhere — and the danger begins exactly when you act as if they have. 'Ten Thousand Idiots' is a selection from 'The Subject Tonight Is Love: 60 Wild and Sweet Poems Inspired by Hafiz' by Daniel Ladinsky, copyright 1996, 2003 with permission.

Transcript

10, 000 idiots. It is always a danger to aspirants on the path. When they begin to believe and act as if the 10, 000 idiots who so long ruled and lived inside have all packed their bags and skipped town or died. I don't understand. I don't know what I'm doing. Look, I know what you're doing. Trust me. No, You gotta trust me on this one. Yeah, No, The first one's free. Yee-haw!

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