The Bowl of Saki (for every one)

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Thursday, May 3, 2012

No man should allow his mind to be a vehicle for others to use; he who does

No man should allow his mind to be a vehicle for others to use; he who does not direct his own mind lacks mastery. Bowl of Saki, May 3, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: Our minds need to be dusted and swept just as much as our houses, and this we do by meditation and concentration, which wipe away all wrong impressions. We must be masters of our own minds as well as our houses, and not allow them to be like a furniture warehouse with all the furniture mixed up... Sign in to see full entry.

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No man should allow his mind to be a vehicle for others to use; he who does

No man should allow his mind to be a vehicle for others to use; he who does not direct his own mind lacks mastery. Bowl of Saki, May 3, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: Our minds need to be dusted and swept just as much as our houses, and this we do by meditation and concentration, which wipe away all wrong impressions. We must be masters of our own minds as well as our houses, and not allow them to be like a furniture warehouse with all the furniture mixed up... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

The truth need not be veiled, for it veils itself from the eyes of the ...

The truth need not be veiled, for it veils itself from the eyes of the ignorant. Bowl of Saki, May 2, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: The soul, absorbed in its child-like fancies in things that it values and to which it gives importance, and in the beings to which it attaches itself, blinds itself by the veils of its illusion. Thus it covers with a thousand veils its own truth from its own eyes. from http://wahiduddin.net/mv2/I/I_III_3.htm Truth is vaster than any... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

You can have all good things - wealth, friends, kindness, love to give ...

You can have all good things - wealth, friends, kindness, love to give and love to receive - once you have learned not to be blinded by them, learned to escape from disappointment, and from repugnance at the idea that things are not as you want them to be. Bowl of Saki, May 1, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: Do not expect much from friends. Why must they be as you want them to be? They are not made by you. They are as they are. You must try to be for them what they... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, April 30, 2012

All gains, whether material, spiritual, moral or mystical, are in answer...

All gains, whether material, spiritual, moral or mystical, are in answer to one's own character. Bowl of Saki, April 30, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: It is easy to help children, but it is most difficult to help the grown-up. One may change snow into water and water into ice, but to try to change a character is the most difficult thing one can ever imagine. Therefore, it is usually vain to try. But what one can do is to build one's own character; that is in... Sign in to see full entry.

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