Bowl of Saki for September 4 Pleasure blocks, but pain clears the way of inspiration. Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Pain has a great power; the truth of God is born in pain, sincerity rises out of pain. Metaphysically, the heart is a gate, and the gate is closed when the feeling is hardened, and the gate is open when there is some pain. ~~~ "Sangatha I, Tasawwuf", by Hazrat Inayat Khan (unpublished) Suppose a person goes on a bicycle in the streets... Sign in to see full entry.