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Sunday, January 18, 2009

To learn to adopt the standard of God, and to cease to wish to make ...

Bowl of Saki for January 16 To learn to adopt the standard of God, and to cease to wish to make the world conform to one's own standard of good, is the chief lesson of religion. Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan When people came to Christ accusing a person of doing wrong, the Master could not think of anything else but forgiveness. For he did not see in the wrongdoer what the others saw. To distinguish between right and wrong is not the work of an... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, January 15, 2009

Yes, teach your principles of good, but do not think to limit God...

Bowl of Saki for January 15 Yes, teach your principles of good, but do not think to limit God within them. The goodness of each man is peculiar to himself. Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan What is man to judge the doings of God from his limited standard of good and bad? He knows not beyond what he knows. He says he knows if he knows one cause, but there is cause after cause, hidden one behind another; and when once the soul perceives the Cause of all... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, January 14, 2009

A man's inclination is the root of the tree of his life.

Bowl of Saki for January 14 A man's inclination is the root of the tree of his life. Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan The real inclination of every life is to attain to something which can not be touched or comprehended or understood. The hidden blessing of this knowledge is the first step to perfection. Once awake to this fact, man sees there is something in life that will make him really happy and give him his heart's desire. He can say, 'Though there... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Do not limit God to your virtue. He is beyond your virtues, O pious ones!

Bowl of Saki for January 13 Do not limit God to your virtue. He is beyond your virtues, O pious ones! Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan There is no such thing as impossible. All is possible. Impossible is made by the limitation of our capacity of understanding. Man, blinded by the law of nature's working, by the law of consequences which he has known through his few years life on earth, begins to say, 'This is possible and that is impossible.' If he were... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, January 12, 2009

Peace is perfected activity; that is perfect which is complete in all its..

Bowl of Saki for January 12 Peace is perfected activity; that is perfect which is complete in all its aspects, balanced in each direction and under complete control of the will. Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan It is useless to discuss the peace of the world. What is necessary just now is to create peace in ourselves that we, ourselves, become examples of love, harmony and peace. That is the only way of saving the world and ourselves. from... Sign in to see full entry.

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