Metamorphosis: The World as Chrysalis of Soul
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Published in [BESHARA MAGAZINE] by Sabahat Fida
‘The world is neither a finished abode nor a meaningless turbulence; it is a chrysalis-like realm whose purpose is illumination. The gradations of experience – joy and sorrow, ease and trial, clarity and confusion – form the stages through which the soul prepares for realms where forms are more refined and realities more transparent. The caterpillar must dissolve to become a butterfly; likewise, the self must pass through states of unmaking and remaking to ascend toward truth. Crisis, in this metaphysical horizon, is not evidence of abandonment but of design: the world is shaped to transform us, not to spare us from transformation.’
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