The Bowl of Saki (for every one)

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Thursday, November 29, 2018

Tjhe depth of prayer

The deeper your prayers echo in your own consciousness, the more audible they are to God. Bowl of Saki, November 29, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Hazrat Inayat Khan: There is a story of a peasant girl who was passing through a farm while going to another village. There was a Muslim offering his prayers on his prayer-rug in the open. The law is that no one should cross the place where anyone is praying. When this girl returned from the village this man was still sitting there. He said, 'O... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Limited self

Once you have given up your limited self willingly to the Unlimited, you will rejoice so much in that consciousness that you will not care to be small again. Bowl of Saki, November 28, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Hazrat Inayat Khan: If you ask someone to say where he is, he will point at his arm, his hand, his body. He knows little beyond that. There are many who if asked, 'But where do you think you are in your body?' will say, 'In my brain.' They limit themselves to that small physical... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, November 25, 2018

Consciousness of Prayer

It is according to the extent of our consciousness of prayer that our prayer reaches God. Bowl of Saki, November 25, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Hazrat Inayat Khan: Our follies and errors are natural; but when we defend ourselves, making virtues of our shortcomings and trying to hide our errors, it is as if we nurtured our errors, trying to make them grow. The only real method of growth is to judge ourselves constantly and to see where we fail; then in prayer to ask for pardon and right... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, November 24, 2018

God within you

God is within you; you are His instrument, and through you He expresses Himself to the external world. Bowl of Saki, November 24, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Hazrat Inayat Khan: In reality God is within man; man is the instrument of God and through him God experiences the external world. Prayer is the way of conveying the God within to the God without; and thought, speech and gesture make the prayer complete. from https://wahiduddin.net/mv2/archives/prayer.htm The words 'within oneself'... Sign in to see full entry.

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TRUE KNOWLEDGE

Reason is learned from the ever changing world, but true knowledge comes from the essence of life. Bowl of Saki, November 23, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Hazrat Inayat Khan: Knowledge and heart quality must be developed together.... Without a developed love quality, man is incapable of having that knowledge. There are fine lights and shades in one's life that cannot be perceived and fully understood without having touched the deeper side of life, which is the devotional side. The person... Sign in to see full entry.

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