Worldy Work vs Our Inner Work

It’s so easy to get caught up in the lower issues of our daily work. We spend hours upon hours on it every day (or, at least, every weekday). But there are 2 things to remember in the midst of all this work: 1) this world is not our home, and getting caught up in fixing it or improving it is like staying in a hotel for one night and spending all that time telling members of the staff how to improve the hotel, not sleeping, not resting, not relaxing, getting totally caught up in overstepping our usefulness there; 2) … Continue reading

To treat every human being…

“To treat every human being as a shrine of God is to fulfill all religion.” ~ Hazrat Inayat Khan “The thirst for life makes us overlook little opportunities of doing good. Every moment of life brings an opportunity for being conscious of human feeling, in prosperity, in adversity, in all conditions. It costs very little; only a little thought is necessary. … There is no greater religion than love. God is love; and the best form of love is to be conscientious regarding the feelings of those with whom we come in contact in everyday life.” ~ Hazrat Inayat Khan … Continue reading

In Love Abides All Knowledge

Beautiful few paragraphs from Hazrat Inayat Khan on love: “In love abides all knowledge. It is mankind’s love and interest in the things that in time reveals their secret, and then man knows how to develop, control, and utilize them. No one can know anybody, however much he may profess to know, except the lover, because in the absence of love the inner eyes are blind. Only the outer eyes are open, which are merely the spectacles of the inner eyes. If the sight is not keen, of what use are the spectacles? “It is for this reason that we … Continue reading