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As a child learning to walk…

  November 8, 2012 - 2:31 am | ,
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“As a child learning to walk falls a thousand times before he can stand, and after that falls again and again until at last he can walk, so are we as little children before God.” — Hazrat Inayat Khan (via wahiduddin) “If we take this attitude in life, not considering that if yesterday we failed today we shall fail, and if we always hope that some day we shall walk aright, that hour will come. Imagine if the child thought that as he had fallen so often perhaps he would never walk! That would make a mental impression on his soul, … Continue reading →

Learning Love Is a Gift, But A Gift With a Specific Formula

  October 29, 2012 - 12:49 pm | ,
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First, two good quotes from Hazrat Inayat Khan, and then some thoughts to build off of those: “Man mistakes when he begins to cultivate the heart by wanting to sow the seed himself, instead of leaving the sowing to God.” “The Sufis have learned the lesson of love, of devotion, of sympathy, and have called it the cultivation of the heart. It is known by the word suluk, which means the loving manner. What we call refined manner is only a manner behind which there is no life. When manner is directed by the heart quality then it becomes loving … Continue reading →

Feeling Oneness.. Identifying the Cause of All

  September 27, 2012 - 10:36 am | , ,
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  “It is when man has lost the idea of separateness and feels himself at one with all creation that his eyes are opened and he sees the cause of all things.” “[A] man who has become estranged from his friend only sees perhaps the superficial cause, and calls his friend unkind; or he may even admit that he himself is at fault, or he may go still deeper and say that owing to a certain planetary influence they cannot be friendly. Yet he has not probed the cause of this cause. … For this reason the religions taught the … Continue reading →