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http://www.rosanna.com/saki/october/october12.htm
Bowl of Saqi for October 12
SEEK GOD IN ALL SOULS, GOOD OR BAD, WISE OR FOOLISH,
ATTRACTIVE AND UNATTRACTIVE;
IN THE DEPTHS OF EACH THERE IS GOD.
-- Hazrat Inayat Khan
Commentary by Hazrat Samuel L. Lewis:
Since God is the only being, God is the essence and life of
all souls. To confuse the soul with the nufs of personality is
to draw confusion to one's own mind. If there were not some
good in the personality, the mind and body could not function.
Evil is weakness, and goodness is strength -- even the
strength that holds body together as a unit or mind together
as a unit. The cause of suicide is weakness, and the murderer
is often a suicide who objectifies his own weakness. Unable to
dominate himself he desires to dominate others.
The way to overcome this weakness in others is to practice the
spiritual breaths in their presence and so build up the
atmosphere. The more positive one is in the presence of such
people, the more respect is gained and so everybody can be
helped. It is not necessary to judge: the stone is a stone,
the tree is a tree, the bird is a bird, but the life in all is
God.
Nufs....
http://www.rosanna.com/sufiwritings/glossary/glossary.htm
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