…received exactly the same punishment. He too was crucified. Just as a kind of interlude, let me say a word about halaj's crucifixion. Halaj was a true Muslim, Sufi, and at the same time had reverence for the koran and the results of koranic thinking. He…

…does indeed fly into the flame, catch fire, burn and become one with the flame. That's its aim: to extinguish its body. Halaj intentionally made the statement clear that I and my beloved are one and the orthodox tradition extinguished him, and so the…

…for that he thanks it. One can ask oneself quietly whether that might not have been the aim of Christ himself. Halaj throws a light back on the mystery of Christ's Activities. That is certainly worth considering very seriously and not simply rejecting.…

…the idea that god is not the world or in it, but its governor. Christ in that society was crucified for this. Similarly, halaj. Halaj was crucified, but before his death halaj had said: this is a lovely image. The moth comes to a fire. He is fascinated…

…the divine. And that was what Christ mentioned when he said: I and the father are one and he's crucified for it. Halaj said the same thing and all of these are saying the same things we're particles of that mystery, that timeless, endless, everlasting…

…be one with that. How can we break through how can we remove that barrier and then bang soul and god beyond pairs of opposites? Halaj says the situation is like that of a moth seeing at night a lantern and it wants to get to the flame but the glass…

…the divine. And that was what Christ mentioned when he said I and the father are one and he was crucified for it. Halaj said the same thing and all of these are saying the same things we're particles of that mystery, that timeless, endless, everlasting…