The practice of loving all beings equally as reflections of the Divine, dissolving the ego's tendency to favor some over others.
Rabia al-Adawiyya taught that true love of God requires transcending human preferences and attachments. When we practice favoritism, we fracture our capacity for universal devotion and reveal where ego still claims dominion over the heart. By cultivating divine love—a state of radical non-attachment to outcomes—we recognize that every person carries equal worth as a manifestation of God's presence. This doesn't mean indifference; rather, it means serving others from a place of pure devotion rather than personal gain or tribal loyalty. In examining favoritism through this lens, we see how preference-making corrodes community bonds and prevents us from accessing the transcendent love that binds all beings together. The cost is spiritual fragmentation and relational isolation.
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