The Bowl of Saki (for every one) for Sunday, December 7, 2008

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Sunday, December 7, 2008

Learn to live a true life and you will know the truth.

Bowl of Saki for December 7 Learn to live a true life and you will know the truth. Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Right living in my sense is not only virtuous living. Right living has a still deeper meaning, for what I call a right life is the first step to that which may be called true life. The third step is truth itself. The mystics say that there are three steps to the goal: right life, true life and truth. A person who loves to live a right life... Sign in to see full entry.

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To deny the changeableness of life is like fancying a motionless sea...

Bowl of Saki for December 6 To deny the changeableness of life is like fancying a motionless sea, which can only exist in one's imagination. Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan If one studied the transitory nature of life in the world, how changeable it is, and the constant craving of everyone for happiness, one would certainly endeavor at all costs to find something one could depend upon. Man placed in the midst of this ever-changing world yet appreciates... Sign in to see full entry.

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Enviable is he who loveth and asketh no return.

Bowl of Saki for December 5 Enviable is he who loveth and asketh no return. Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan There are two stages of workers. The first stage is that of the one who works for himself; the higher stage of working is to work for others. The one who rises above the stage of working for himself comes to the stage of working for others, bringing in their lives the blessing which is the need of their lives. To what does the love of God lead?... Sign in to see full entry.

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