The Bowl of Saki (for every one)

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Sunday, December 7, 2008

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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Thursday, December 4, 2008

The wise man submits to conditions when he is helpless, bowing to...

Bowl of Saki for December 4 The wise man submits to conditions when he is helpless, bowing to the will of God. But the evil that is avoidable he roots out without sparing one single moment or effort. Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan By looking for happiness, what does man seek after? He is seeking after his self, though he does not know it.... The more one understands oneself, the more one finds that everything that one finds lacking in others is also... Sign in to see full entry.

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Joy and sorrow are the light and shade of life; without light and shade...

Bowl of Saki for December 3 Joy and sorrow are the light and shade of life; without light and shade no picture is clear. Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Joy and sorrow are each part of the other. If it were not for joy, sorrow would not exist; and if it were not for sorrow, joy would not be experienced. from http://wahiduddin.net/mv2/say/gayan_chalas.htm There is going forward and there is going backwards, there is success and there is failure, there... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Justice can never be developed while we judge others; the only way...

Bowl of Saki for December 2 Justice can never be developed while we judge others; the only way is by constantly judging ourselves. Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Spiritual progress is the changing of the point of view. There is only one way to recognize this progress, and that is to see the progress in one's own outlook on life, to ask oneself the question, 'How do I look at life?' This one can do by not judging others, but by being only concerned... Sign in to see full entry.

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