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Tuesday, January 7, 2020

GAYAN 101 - BOULA -060 - A sincere man has a fragrance about him which is p

GAYAN 101 - BOULA -060 - A sincere man has a fragrance about him which is perceived by a sincere heart. “Love for God is the expansion of the heart, and all actions that come from the lover of God are virtues; they cannot be otherwise. There is a different outlook on life when the love of God has... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, January 6, 2020

GAYAN 082 - BOULA -041 - Rocks will open and make a way for the lover.

GAYAN 082 - BOULA -041 - Rocks will open and make a way for the lover. The sorrow of the lover is continual, in the presence and in the absence of the beloved: in the presence for fear of the absence, and in absence in longing for the presence. According to the mystical view the pain of love is the... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, January 5, 2020

Gayan 398 - Chala 77 - If you fail yourself, everybody will fail you. Wha

Gayan 398 - Chala 77 - If you fail yourself, everybody will fail you. What we must first accomplish in life is to clear the reflections from our own heart, reflections which hinder our path. Once a business man came to me and said, 'Well, I cannot understand. There is some sort of bad luck with me,... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, January 4, 2020

GAYAN 254 - BOULA -213 – The trust of the one who trusts another and does n

GAYAN 254 - BOULA -213 – The trust of the one who trusts another and does not trust himself is profitless. Now arises the question: how can one find faith in oneself, how can one develop it? One can find faith by practicing self-confidence as the first thing, by having self-confidence even in the... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, January 3, 2020

GAYAN 164 - BOULA -123 - Behind us all is one spirit and one life; how then

GAYAN 164 - BOULA -123 - Behind us all is one spirit and one life; how then can we be happy if our neighbor is sad? In the history of the world this lesson has been taught not once, but a thousand times. As long as a nation works for the interest of God and humanity it will always be prosperous, but... Sign in to see full entry.

GAYAN 088 - BOULA -047 - The secret of all success is strength of convictio

GAYAN 088 - BOULA -047 - The secret of all success is strength of conviction. “What I am speaking about now is the psychological attitude we ought to have. Always hope for the best, and we certainly shall have the best. What we can do is to make ourselves strong enough to go through life on earth;... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, December 26, 2019

It is God who, by the hand of man, designs and carries out His intended pla

GAYAN 243 - BOULA -202 – It is God who, by the hand of man, designs and carries out His intended plan in nature. By learning the mystery of attainment one learns the divine mastery which is suggested in that phrase of the Bible, 'Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.' This phrase is a veil... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, December 24, 2019

There is no action in this world that can be stamped as sin or virtue; it

GAYAN 065 - BOULA -024 -There is no action in this world that can be stamped as sin or virtue; it is its relation to the particular soul that makes it so. Religion, in the conception of a Sufi, is the path that leads man towards the attainment of his ideal, worldly as well as heavenly. Sin and... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, December 19, 2019

GAYAN 045 - BOULA -004 - All that one holds is conserved; all that one lets

GAYAN 045 - BOULA -004 - All that one holds is conserved; all that one lets go is dispersed. … It is not in everybody's power to keep a secret. For the secret is heavier than an elephant to lift, the weak-minded is weighed down by the heavy weight of a secret. The person who has not developed this... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, December 12, 2019

Whichever path you choose, the right or the wrong, know that there is at th

Gayan-012, Alapa-12 - Whichever path you choose, the right or the wrong, know that there is at the back always a powerful hand to help you along it. Since God is almighty, the wise see the Hand of God in the greater power, manifesting either through an individual or by a certain condition or... Sign in to see full entry.

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