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Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Gayan 023 - Alankara-06 - Peacock! Is it not thy vanity that causeth thee t

Gayan 023 - Alankara-06 - Peacock! Is it not thy vanity that causeth thee to dance? In the traditions of the Sufis Raqs, the sacred dance of spiritual ecstasy which even now is prevalent among the Sufis of the East, is traced to the time when contemplation of the Creator impressed the wonderful... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Gayan 022 - Alankara-05 - Vanity! Thou art the fountain of wine on the eart

Gayan 022 - Alankara-05 - Vanity! Thou art the fountain of wine on the earth, where cometh the King of Heaven to drink. For adepts the struggle in life is not so great with the passions and emotions, which sooner or later by more or less effort can be controlled; but vanity, it is always growing. If... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, March 9, 2020

Gayan 019 - Alankara-02 - My modesty! Thou art the veil over my vanity.

Gayan 019 - Alankara-02 - My modesty! Thou art the veil over my vanity. Modesty is a beauty in itself, and its action is to veil itself; in that veiling it shows the vanity of its nature, and yet that vanity is a beauty itself. Hay is the finest feeling in human nature, which is called modesty.... Sign in to see full entry.

GAYAN 152 - BOULA -111 - The self-made man is greater than the man who depe

GAYAN 152 - BOULA -111 - The self-made man is greater than the man who depends upon another to make him. By independence is meant self-sufficiency: that what they can get from their own self they must not look for outside. That is the principal motive of those who are striving for self-attainment,... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, March 5, 2020

Gayan 395 - Chala 74 - No sacrifice is ever too great to be offered in the

Gayan 395 - Chala 74 - No sacrifice is ever too great to be offered in the cause of liberty. Man in all conditions of life, whatever be his rank, position or possessions, has trouble, pains and difficulties. Where do these come from? From his limitations. But if limitations were natural, why should... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, March 4, 2020

Gayan #285 – Bola #244 Life is what it is; you cannot change it, but you ca

Gayan #285 – Bola #244 Life is what it is; you cannot change it, but you can change yourself. In Sufi terms the crushing of the ego is called Nafs Kushi. And how do we grind it? We grind it by sometimes taking ourselves to task. When the self says, 'O no, I must not be treated like this', then we... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, March 3, 2020

GAYAN 237 - BOULA -196 –The service of God means that we each work for all.

GAYAN 237 - BOULA -196 –The service of God means that we each work for all. …We can see on the face of a man who takes a dislike to another that his own soul despises him, because in disliking the other he dislikes his own soul. His own soul is not a different soul; it is the same soul as that of... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, February 29, 2020

Gayan 524- Gamaka 28 - Hail to my exile from the Garden of Eden to the eart

Gayan 524- Gamaka 28 - Hail to my exile from the Garden of Eden to the earth! If I had not fallen, I should not have had the opportunity of probing the depths of life. The story of Adam's exile from the Garden of Eden shows that there is a certain time in a man's life when he is in the Garden of... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, February 28, 2020

Gayan - 597 – Sura 37 - The soul in its journey onward strikes a plane wher

Gayan - 597 – Sura 37 - The soul in its journey onward strikes a plane where it exclaims, "I am the truth.” “'I passed away into nothingness--I vanished; and lo! I was all living.' All who have realized the secret of life understand that life is one, but that it exists in two aspects. First as... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Gayan 618 – Tala 18 - Happy is he who does good to others, and miserable is

Gayan 618 – Tala 18 - Happy is he who does good to others, and miserable is he who expects good from others. If there can be any real explanation of personal magnetism, it is the making of one's own personality into that which one expects from others. A man usually makes the mistake of expecting... Sign in to see full entry.

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