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Sunday, August 2, 2020

August 2 The same herb planted in various atmospheric conditions will vary

August 2 The same herb planted in various atmospheric conditions will vary in form accordingly, but will retain its characteristics. – Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Commentary by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti): One cannot change an apple tree into a date palm, nor is it... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, August 1, 2020

August 1 Understanding makes the trouble of life lighter to bear. – Hazrat

August 1 Understanding makes the trouble of life lighter to bear. – Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Commentary by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti): We need not escape pains and pangs; these must be, so long as we carry a mind. But mind is not the abode of understanding, heart is... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, July 31, 2020

July 31 The soul feels suffocated when the doors of the heart are closed.

July 31 The soul feels suffocated when the doors of the heart are closed. – Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Commentary by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti): It is a natural thing for the heart to expand and contract, to open and close. This is reflected in the movements of the... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, July 29, 2020

July 30 Among a million believers in God there is scarcely one who makes G

July 30 Among a million believers in God there is scarcely one who makes God a reality. – Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Commentary by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti): Yes, God is the reality in our thought, the reality in our reality. So far as there is any reality in thought... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, July 28, 2020

July 29 To love is one thing; to understand is another; one who loves is a

July 29 To love is one thing; to understand is another; one who loves is a devotee, but one who understands is a friend. – Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Commentary by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti): This is the difference between Ishk and Ilm. The devotee is intoxicated by the... Sign in to see full entry.

July 28 Spirit can only love spirit; in loving form it deludes itself. – H

July 28 Spirit can only love spirit; in loving form it deludes itself. – Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Commentary by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti): Now spirit, which is the real existing substance, does not act like the material things, and yet its behavior is reflected in the... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, July 27, 2020

humankind into so many sects, blinding our eyes to the vision of the onenes

humankind into so many sects, blinding our eyes to the vision of the oneness of all life. – Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Commentary by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti): Belief and disbelief are products of the finite mind, born of the manasic akasha, or mental field of... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, July 26, 2020

July 26 Every purpose has a birth and death; therefore God is beyond purpo

July 26 Every purpose has a birth and death; therefore God is beyond purpose. – Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Commentary by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti): God is beyond purpose and God is not purpose, yet if there were no God there would be no purpose. Logos and Ilm contain... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, July 25, 2020

July 25 Our spirit is the real part of us, the body but its garment. One w

July 25 Our spirit is the real part of us, the body but its garment. One would not find peace at the tailor’s because the coat comes from there; neither can the spirit obtain true happiness from the earth just because its body belongs to earth. – Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Commentary by... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, July 24, 2020

July 24 There should be a balance in all our actions; to be either extreme

July 24 There should be a balance in all our actions; to be either extreme or lukewarm is equally bad.– Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Commentary by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti): Attachment to matter prevents the soul from finding its way, as it becomes lost in a maze of... Sign in to see full entry.

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