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Saturday, November 14, 2020

November 14 Words are but shells of thoughts and feelings.– Hazrat Pir-o-M

November 14 Words are but shells of thoughts and feelings.– Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Commentary by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti): For words are conventions which guise thoughts and feelings. Of themselves words are nothing but social arrangements of letters or symbols. It... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, November 13, 2020

November 13 When speech is controlled, the eyes speak; the glance says wha

November 13 When speech is controlled, the eyes speak; the glance says what words can never say.– Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Commentary by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti): If one studies telegraphy, it will be found that the transmitted word or letter is formed by breaks in... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, November 12, 2020

Daily Bowl When: Thursday, 12 November 2020 Description: November 12 Whe

Daily Bowl When: Thursday, 12 November 2020 Description: November 12 When the mind and body are restless, nothing in life can be accomplished. Success is the result of control. – Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Commentary by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti): This control is in two... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

November 11 Our thoughts have prepared us for the happiness or unhappiness

November 11 Our thoughts have prepared us for the happiness or unhappiness we experience.– Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Commentary by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti): The average person under the influence of ego casts shadow thoughts over the heart so that the heart does not... Sign in to see full entry.

November 10 Mastery lies not merely in stilling the mind, but in directing

November 10 Mastery lies not merely in stilling the mind, but in directing it towards whatever point you desire.– Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Commentary by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti): The first process is to free the mind from influence from outside forces, and the next... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, November 9, 2020

November 9 The more elevated the soul, the broader the outlook. – Hazrat Pi

November 9 The more elevated the soul, the broader the outlook. – Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Commentary by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti): This is both a maxim and a dictum. It is a maxim in the sense that as one progresses in any direction the vision increases. If one... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, November 8, 2020

November 8 Self-denial is not renouncing things; it is denying the self; a

November 8 Self-denial is not renouncing things; it is denying the self; and the first lesson of self-denial is humility. – Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Commentary by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti): When the rich young man came to Jesus Christ for advice and was told to sell... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, November 6, 2020

November 6 Our soul is blessed with the impression of the glory of God whe

November 6 Our soul is blessed with the impression of the glory of God whenever we praise God.– Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Commentary by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti): Praising God is the real purpose of the Sufi Message. There is no other Message than this: that humanity... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, November 4, 2020

November 5 To be really sorry for one’s errors is like opening the doors o

November 5 To be really sorry for one’s errors is like opening the doors of heaven.– Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Commentary by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti): So long as one is unrepentant, thought-marks and thought-shadows mar the mind and prevent beauty from making its... Sign in to see full entry.

November 4 By the power of prayer one opens the door of the heart, in whic

November 4 By the power of prayer one opens the door of the heart, in which God, the ever-forgiving, the all-merciful, abides.– Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Commentary by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti): Prayer, no matter how selfish it may seem, begins with a petition to a... Sign in to see full entry.

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