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Bowl of Saqi 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:
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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