Saturday, April 16, 2011
"God is love" - three words which open up an unending realm for the thinker who desires to probe the depths of the secret of life. Bowl of Saki, April 16, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: Every kind of power lies in this one thing which we call by the simple name: love. Charity, generosity, kindness, affection, endurance, tolerance, and patience -- all these words are different aspects of one; they are different names of only one thing: love. Whether it is said,... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, April 15, 2011
Bowl of Saki, April 15, by Hazrat Inayat Khan
The great teachers of humanity become streams of love. Bowl of Saki, April 15, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: Forgiveness is a stream of love which washes away all impurities wherever it flows. By keeping this spring of love, which is in the heart of man, running, man is able to forgive, however great the fault of his fellow man may seem. One who cannot forgive closes his heart. The sign of spirituality is that there is nothing you cannot forgive, there is no... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Bowl of Saki, April 14, by Hazrat Inayat Khan
Man is the picture of the reflection of his imagination; he is as large or as small as he thinks himself. Bowl of Saki, April 14, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: All works of art and music and poetry come from imagination, for imagination is the free flow of mind, when the mind is allowed to work by itself and bring out the beauty and harmony it contains. But when it is restricted by a certain principle or rule, then it does not work freely... No one has believed... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
He who wants to understand, will understand.
He who wants to understand, will understand. Bowl of Saki, April 13, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: In India it is considered a great sin to awaken anyone who is asleep. If a man is asleep, do not wake him; let him sleep; it is the time for him to sleep; it will not do to wake him before his time. Thus a mystic understands also that a person who is taking his time to wake up must not be awakened to give him the mystic's idea. It would be a sin, because he is not... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Bowl of Saki, April 11, by Hazrat Inayat Khan
It does not matter in what way a person offers his respect and his reverence to the deity he worships; it matters only how sincere he is in his offering. Bowl of Saki, April 11, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: The forms of worship of all the different religions are necessarily different. It depends upon what one is accustomed to, what is akin to one's nature. One cannot make a common rule and say that this form is wrong and that form is right. One person will... Sign in to see full entry.