The Bowl of Saki (for every one) for Sunday, December 10, 2006

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Sunday, December 10, 2006

Joy and sorrow are the light and shade of life; without light and shade no

Joy and sorrow are the light and shade of life; without light and shade no picture is clear. Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: Joy and sorrow are each part of the other. If it were not for joy, sorrow would not exist; and if it were not for sorrow, joy would not be experienced. from http://wahiduddin.net/mv2/say/gayan_chalas.htm There is going forward and there is going backwards, there is success and there is failure, there is light and there is... Sign in to see full entry.

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Justice can never be developed while we judge others; the only way is by ..

Justice can never be developed while we judge others; the only way is by constantly judging ourselves. Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: Spiritual progress is the changing of the point of view. There is only one way to recognize this progress, and that is to see the progress in one's own outlook on life, to ask oneself the question, 'How do I look at life?' This one can do by not judging others, but by being only concerned with one's own outlook. As... Sign in to see full entry.

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The higher you rise, the wider becomes the margin of your view.

The higher you rise, the wider becomes the margin of your view. Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: No doubt, life is difficult for many of us, but very often we make it even more difficult for ourselves. When we do not understand the real nature and character of life we make our own difficulties. I can assure you that in every man's life five percent of his difficulties are brought about by the conditions of life, and ninety-five percent are difficulties... Sign in to see full entry.

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