the heart connection...

Someone went up to a madman who was weeping in the bitterest possible way.

He
said: "Why do you cry?"

The madman answered:
"I am crying to attract the pity of his heart."

The other told him:
"Your words are nonsense, for He had no physical heart."

The mad man answered:
"It is you who are wrong, for He is the owner of all the
hearts which exist.

Through the heart you can make your connection with God."



Fariduddin Attar
as collected by Idries Shah