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Bowl of Saki for March 24, 2007
Bowl of Saki for March 24
THE FIRST SIGN OF THE REALIZATION OF TRUTH IS TOLERANCE.--Hazrat Inayat
Khan
Commentary by Hazrat Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti):
Truth being of the Buddhic nature, not manasic, it can never be properly expressed in words. You cannot build a syllogism about Love, neither can you describe Truth. Even the attempt to describe Truth is wrong in itself (all attempts are wrong because they are attempts) and yet all attempts are right because they are concentrations upon what is right and are of the nature of right concentration.
From this point of view, it can be seen that all endeavor is good, but all expression is imperfect. The difference between right and wrong being relative and not absolute, and there being none of whom it can be said that they are always right, the spiritual tolerance
comes from seeing that all expressions are part right and part wrong and that their source of error is in their being expressed and not in what is actually expressed.
This is very different from the toleration of mentalists who feel their own view is right and that it shows greatness of heart in being fair-minded toward those who differ. But the spiritual person knows that it is of the very nature of nufs to differ, and that all yearning for truth is wrong, and that all expression of truth is
nothing but this nufs, albeit there are several degrees or aspects of nufs.
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THE FIRST SIGN OF THE REALIZATION OF TRUTH IS TOLERANCE.--Hazrat Inayat
Khan
Commentary by Hazrat Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti):
Truth being of the Buddhic nature, not manasic, it can never be properly expressed in words. You cannot build a syllogism about Love, neither can you describe Truth. Even the attempt to describe Truth is wrong in itself (all attempts are wrong because they are attempts) and yet all attempts are right because they are concentrations upon what is right and are of the nature of right concentration.
From this point of view, it can be seen that all endeavor is good, but all expression is imperfect. The difference between right and wrong being relative and not absolute, and there being none of whom it can be said that they are always right, the spiritual tolerance
comes from seeing that all expressions are part right and part wrong and that their source of error is in their being expressed and not in what is actually expressed.
This is very different from the toleration of mentalists who feel their own view is right and that it shows greatness of heart in being fair-minded toward those who differ. But the spiritual person knows that it is of the very nature of nufs to differ, and that all yearning for truth is wrong, and that all expression of truth is
nothing but this nufs, albeit there are several degrees or aspects of nufs.
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