The Bowl of Saki (for every one)

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Monday, May 4, 2020

Rest of mind is as necessary as rest of body, and yet we always keep the fo

Rest of mind is as necessary as rest of body, and yet we always keep the former in action. Bowl of Saki, May 4, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Hazrat Inayat Khan: Imagine, after having toiled for the whole day, how much the body stands in need of rest; how much more then must the mind stand in need of rest! The mind works much faster than the body. Naturally the mind is much more tired than the body. And not every person knows how to rest his mind and therefore the mind never has a rest.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, May 2, 2020

No person should allow his mind to be a vehicle for others to use; he who d

No person 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 Hazrat 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 together.... Sign in to see full entry.

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

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 Hazrat 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 https://wahiduddin.net/mv2/I/I_III_3.htm Truth is vaster than any frame... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, May 1, 2020

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

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 Hazrat 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 expect... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, April 30, 2020

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

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 Hazrat 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 one's own... Sign in to see full entry.

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