batch.motif.sufi-jami-persian-mystics-davis-gutenberg-l1271-l1289
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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-jami-persian-mystics-davis-gutenberg-l1271-l1289
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
passage_locator:
label: THE GOD BEHIND THE VEIL / THE DIVINE SELF-SUFFICIENCY / OUR NEED OF THE BELOVED
/ THE HIDDEN TRUTH; lines 1271-1289
start: '1271'
end: '1289'
translation: 'The Persian Mystics: Jámí'
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: "“The being of the world's a wave”; “The hidden working of the ‘Truth’ may
learn.”"
summary: 'The passage compares the world to waves and currents: transient forms
move and vanish, while a hidden Truth or great Idealist stands behind what appears.
Men of insight can discern this hidden working; philosophers are criticized for
seeing the world as merely mental without perceiving the source behind it.'
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The ocean is described as neither shrinking nor growing while waves ebb and
flow.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The being of the world is compared to a wave that lasts briefly and then goes
away.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Men of insight are said to discern a stream with swirling, surging, churning
currents.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: From the force working within the stream, men of insight may learn the hidden
working of the Truth.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Philosophers devoid of reason are said to find the world a mere idea of the
mind.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: The passage says the philosophers fail to see the great Idealist behind the
idea-world.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: men of insight
description: People who may discern the stream and learn the hidden working of the
Truth.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Truth
description: A hidden reality whose working may be learned from the force within
the stream.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: philosophers devoid of reason
description: Philosophers who regard the world as a mere idea of the mind but fail
to see what is behind it.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: the great Idealist
description: The one said to loom behind the world understood as an idea.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
roles:
- id: role:1
label: perceiver of hidden working
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: They discern the stream and learn from its inner force.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: hidden reality
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The Truth is described as having a hidden working learned indirectly.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: limited interpreter of the world
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: They call the world an idea but fail to see the one behind it.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: source behind appearance
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The great Idealist is said to loom behind the idea-world.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: ocean
literal_form: An ocean that neither shrinks nor grows despite moving waves.
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: wave
literal_form: A wave that ebbs, flows, lasts one moment, and then goes.
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: stream and currents
literal_form: A stream whose currents swirl, surge, and churn, with a force working
within it.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Ocean and wave analogy
summary: The passage presents an unchanging ocean alongside waves that ebb, flow,
and vanish, comparing worldly being to a momentary wave.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Insight into the stream
summary: Men of insight discern a turbulent stream and learn the hidden working
of Truth from the force within it.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Idea-world and unseen source
summary: The passage criticizes philosophers who call the world an idea of the mind
but do not perceive the great Idealist behind it.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: transient world as passing wave
taxonomy_refs:
- duality
basis: The world is likened to a wave that lasts only a moment, contrasted with
an ocean that does not diminish or increase.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: high
cautions: The taxonomy reference is broad; the passage itself presents an analogy
rather than a narrative myth.
- id: motif:2
label: hidden truth discerned through changing phenomena
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Men of insight learn the hidden working of Truth by observing the force within
the stream.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The passage frames this as contemplative insight, not as an explicit quest
narrative.
- id: motif:3
label: visible world as idea with unseen divine source
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
- duality
basis: The world is called an idea, but the passage stresses the unseen great Idealist
behind it.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The term “divine” is not stated in the excerpt; identifying the great
Idealist as a divine source is an interpretive inference requiring review.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 1271-1276
quote_or_summary: "“The ocean does not shrink or vaster grow,” while waves ebb and
flow; “The being of the world's a wave” that lasts one moment and then goes."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used for evidence.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: lines 1277-1282
quote_or_summary: Men of insight may discern a stream with currents that “swirl
and surge and churn” and learn “the hidden working of the ‘Truth.’”
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used for evidence.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 1285-1289
quote_or_summary: Philosophers see the world as “a mere idea of the mind,” but fail
to see “The great Idealist who looms behind.”
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used for evidence.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is straightforward. Motif labels are interpretive but
closely based on the passage’s explicit analogies. No comparison claims are made
because the excerpt does not itself compare traditions or texts.
reviewer_status:
status: needs_review
reviewer: ''
reviewed_at: ''
notes: Machine-generated draft from OpenAI Batch; not human-reviewed.
extracted_by: openai_batch:gpt-5.5
extracted_at: '2026-04-28'
notes: |-
Only the supplied passage and metadata were used.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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