The Bowl of Saki (for every one): One is living whose sympathy is awake, and one is dead whose heart is aslee

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Saturday, August 22, 2020

One is living whose sympathy is awake, and one is dead whose heart is aslee

One is living whose sympathy is awake, and one is dead whose heart is asleep. Bowl of Saki, August 22, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Hazrat Inayat Khan: Life's light is love; and when the heart is empty of love, a man is living and yet not living; from a spiritual point of view he is dead. When the heart is asleep, he is as though dead in this life, for one can only love through the heart. But love does not mean give and take. That is only a trade; it's selfishness. To give sixpence and... Sign in to see full entry.

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