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Bowl of Saki for November 22, 2006
Bowl of Saki for November 22
IT IS NOT THE SOLID WOOD THAT CAN BECOME A FLUTE, IT IS THE EMPTY REED.--Hazrat Inayat Khan
Commentary by Hazrat Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti):
From the standpoint of body, body is at its best when it is kept clean from poisons within and contamination without. But the same holds true for mind. We keep on filling the mind with all kinds of thoughts. This does not enlarge mind, rather it puts tremendous weight upon mind. Through meditation mystics clear the mind from all extraneous thoughts until it becomes like a polished mirror. This polished mirror may reflect the light from above or the shadow from below. This is the real use of mind unaffected by self.
Pure mind is the result of the unity of one within oneself, when the light of the intelligence pouring from and through the heart lightens every part of the being. In Christian terminology, this light is Logos, which lightens every one who has ever come into the world. This makes all genius, all music, all human intelligence possible.
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IT IS NOT THE SOLID WOOD THAT CAN BECOME A FLUTE, IT IS THE EMPTY REED.--Hazrat Inayat Khan
Commentary by Hazrat Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti):
From the standpoint of body, body is at its best when it is kept clean from poisons within and contamination without. But the same holds true for mind. We keep on filling the mind with all kinds of thoughts. This does not enlarge mind, rather it puts tremendous weight upon mind. Through meditation mystics clear the mind from all extraneous thoughts until it becomes like a polished mirror. This polished mirror may reflect the light from above or the shadow from below. This is the real use of mind unaffected by self.
Pure mind is the result of the unity of one within oneself, when the light of the intelligence pouring from and through the heart lightens every part of the being. In Christian terminology, this light is Logos, which lightens every one who has ever come into the world. This makes all genius, all music, all human intelligence possible.
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