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http://www.rosanna.com/saki/november/november10.htm
Bowl of Saqi for November 10
MASTERY LIES NOT MERELY IN STILLING THE MIND, BUT IN
DIRECTING IT TOWARDS WHATEVER POINT YOU DESIRE.
-- Hazrat Inayat Khan
Commentary by Hazrat Samuel L. Lewis:
The first process is to free the mind from influence from
outside forces, and the next is to free the will from control
by the mind. This is accomplished in meditation. At that point
the mind is asleep and needs to be awakened. This is done by
the growth of the heart faculties.
What is meant when one says "you desire" is that ideal which
can be persistently pursued. For this purpose, the Sufis
practice concentration. But this deep desire is of the heart
and is possible when the will and the heart direct the
activities of mind.
We can see these stages in Zikar, the first part of which
declares, "La illaha" -- the meaning of which is that there is
no divinity in things, in created objects. This part of Zikar
frees mind from illusion and stills it. The next part of
Zikar, "El Allahu" -- is the positive ****tion which points
directly to God. By it one directs the mind toward the supreme
desire and so toward any other beneficial desire.
Zikar....
http://www.rosanna.com/sufiwritings/glossary/glossary.htm
Zikr, La illaha....
http://peacedances.50megs.com/glossary/glossary.html
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