The Bowl of Saki (for every one)

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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Bowl of Saki for January 8

If people but knew their own religion, how tolerant they would become, and how free from any grudge against the religion of others. Bowl of Saki, January 8, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: The (limited) happiness of this world is something we cannot keep; it is just like the horizon - the nearer you go, the farther it goes. As soon as you get it, you see it is not the thing you wanted. That discontent continues its work till we have found and understood the... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, January 7, 2011

Bowl of Saki, January 7, by Hazrat Inayat Khan

The only power for the mystic is the power of love. Bowl of Saki, January 7, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: Every kind of power lies in this one thing which we call by the simple name: love. Charity, generosity, kindness, affection, endurance, tolerance, and patience--all these words are different aspects of one; they are different names of only one thing: love. Whether it is said, 'God is love,' or whatever name is given to it, all the names are the names of God;... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Bowl of Saki, January 6, by Hazrat Inayat Khan

The truth cannot be spoken; that which can be spoken is not the truth. Bowl of Saki, January 6, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: Truth is that which can never be spoken in words and that which can be spoken in words is not the truth. The ocean is the ocean; the ocean is not a few drops of water that one puts in a bottle. Just so truth cannot be limited by words: truth must be experienced... from http://wahiduddin.net/mv2/IX/IX_34.htm...the truth cannot be put into... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Bowl of Saki, January 5, by Hazrat Inayat Khan

No one has seen God and lived. To see God we must be non-existent. Bowl of Saki, January 5, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: There is a [Hadith] which says: Mutu kubla anta mutu, which means, 'Die before death.' A poet says, 'Only he attains to the peace of the Lord who loses himself.' God said to Moses, 'No man shall see me and live.' To see God we must be non-existent. What does all this mean? It means that when we see our being with open eyes, we see that there... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Bowl of Saki, January 4, by Hazrat Inayat Khan

When you stand with your back to the sun, your shadow is before you; but when you turn and face the sun, then your shadow falls behind you. Bowl of Saki, January 4, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: Plato wrote that we live in a shadow world, where we confuse the shadow of ourselves with reality. This is the Nafs, the false ego, which stands in the light before God, causing, so to speak, a spiritual eclipse.... The Nafs turns us from the One to the many, enticing us... Sign in to see full entry.

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