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Monday, September 21, 2020

September 21 Will power is the keynote of mastery, and asceticism is the d

September 21 Will power is the keynote of mastery, and asceticism is the development of will power.– Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Commentary by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti): This will-power is both love-power and life-power. When it expresses itself as power it is called... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, September 19, 2020

September 20 One thing is true: although the teacher cannot give the knowl

September 20 One thing is true: although the teacher cannot give the knowledge, the teacher can kindle the light if the oil is in the lamp.– Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Commentary by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti): This oil is love, and the lamp is the heart. Once the flame... Sign in to see full entry.

September 19 The teacher, however great, can never give knowledge to the p

September 19 The teacher, however great, can never give knowledge to the pupil; the pupils must create their own knowledge. – Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Commentary by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti): Knowledge and life are not separate. This is the meaning of the Ilm of the... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, September 18, 2020

September 18 Love has its limitations when it is directed towards limited

September 18 Love has its limitations when it is directed towards limited beings, but love directed to God has no limitations. – Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Commentary by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti): Directed love is like focused light. If even a little of the light of the... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, September 17, 2020

September 17 Love has the power to open the door of eternal life. – Hazrat

September 17 Love has the power to open the door of eternal life. – Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Commentary by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti): Because love is life—they are not two, they are one. The only force in animal passion is the life-force, and this life-force leads to... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, September 15, 2020

September 16 God alone deserves all love, and the freedom of love is in gi

September 16 God alone deserves all love, and the freedom of love is in giving it to God. – Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Commentary by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti): The idea of “I love” or “she loves” is good but not complete. Until it is complete, life is not complete.... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, September 14, 2020

September 15 To become cold from the coldness of the world is weakness; to

September 15 To become cold from the coldness of the world is weakness; to become broken by the hardness of the world is feebleness; but to live in the world and yet to keep above it is like walking on the water. – Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Commentary by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, September 13, 2020

September 14 Devotion to a spiritual teacher is not for the sake of the te

September 14 Devotion to a spiritual teacher is not for the sake of the teacher; it is for God. – Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Commentary by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti): By attunement to the breath of the spiritual teacher, one becomes attuned to the Divine Breath, and by... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, September 12, 2020

September 13 The only way to live in the midst of inharmonious influences

September 13 The only way to live in the midst of inharmonious influences is to strengthen the will power and endure all things, yet keeping fineness of character and nobility of manner together with an ever-living heart full of love. – Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Commentary by Murshid Samuel... Sign in to see full entry.

September 12 The first step toward forgiveness is to forget. – Hazrat Pir-

September 12 The first step toward forgiveness is to forget. – Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Commentary by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti): That is to say, remove all remembrance of the act from the mind. The one who has done wrong does this best by a complete change of... Sign in to see full entry.

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