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Bowl of Saki for December 18, 2006
Bowl of Saki for December 18
THE TREES OF THE FOREST SILENTLY AWAIT GOD'S BLESSING.--Hazrat Inayat Khan
Commentary by Hazrat Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti):
The Hebrews have an article of faith which reads: "I believe with perfect faith in the coming of the Messiah, and though he may tarry, yet I will await his coming." Now the law of the Universe is that patience itself enables one to receive the blessing of God, for by
that one escapes all the emotions which hamper one at every turn.
If man is wiser than the vegetable he must lead a wiser life, and he cannot do that until he learns all the wisdom from the lower creation. Every virtue of every rock, plant or animal can be cultivated and perfected in man. In the inner life, one often has to develop the qualities one finds in nature, and it is the development of these qualities which bring perfection. Self-surrender is not an
annihilation -- nothing is destroyed, but the shadow-thought of self is turned into light and all the qualities accumulated by the soul are brought to perfection.
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THE TREES OF THE FOREST SILENTLY AWAIT GOD'S BLESSING.--Hazrat Inayat Khan
Commentary by Hazrat Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti):
The Hebrews have an article of faith which reads: "I believe with perfect faith in the coming of the Messiah, and though he may tarry, yet I will await his coming." Now the law of the Universe is that patience itself enables one to receive the blessing of God, for by
that one escapes all the emotions which hamper one at every turn.
If man is wiser than the vegetable he must lead a wiser life, and he cannot do that until he learns all the wisdom from the lower creation. Every virtue of every rock, plant or animal can be cultivated and perfected in man. In the inner life, one often has to develop the qualities one finds in nature, and it is the development of these qualities which bring perfection. Self-surrender is not an
annihilation -- nothing is destroyed, but the shadow-thought of self is turned into light and all the qualities accumulated by the soul are brought to perfection.
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