The Bowl of Saki (for every one) for Monday, March 12, 2007

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Monday, March 12, 2007

Every man's pursuit is according to his evolution.

Every man's pursuit is according to his evolution. Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: Everyone says or does or thinks only according to his own particular evolution, and he cannot do better. Why not, therefore tolerate? Why not, therefore, forgive? ~~~ "Religious Gatheka, Religion of the Heart III (#44)", by Hazrat Inayat Khan (unpublished) Moses once passed by a farm and saw a peasant boy talking to himself, saying, 'O Lord, Thou art so good and kind... Sign in to see full entry.

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It is more important to know the truth about one's self than to try to find

It is more important to know the truth about one's self than to try to find out the truth of heaven and hell. Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: It is more important to find out the truth about oneself than to find out the truth about heaven and hell, or about many other things which are of less importance and are apart from oneself. However, every man's pursuit is according to his state of evolution, and so each soul is in pursuit of something but he... Sign in to see full entry.

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You cannot be both horse and rider at the same time.

You cannot be both horse and rider at the same time. Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: The ego has two sides: the first one is the one we know, and the next one we must discover. The side we know is the false ego which makes us say, 'I'. What is it in us that we call 'I'? We say, 'This is my body, my mind, these are my thoughts, my feelings, my impressions, this is my position in life.' We identify our self with all that concerns us and the sum total of... Sign in to see full entry.

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It is false love that does not uproot man's claim of "I"; the first and las

It is false love that does not uproot man's claim of "I"; the first and last lesson of love is "I am not". Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: It is not love, but the pretense of love, that imposes the claim of the self. The first and last lesson in love is, 'I am not -- Thou art' and unless man is moved to that selflessness he does not know justice, right or truth. His self stands above or between him and God. from... Sign in to see full entry.

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