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Bowl of Saqi for December 8
WISDOM IS ATTAINED IN SOLITUDE.
-- Hazrat Inayat Khan
Commentary by Hazrat Samuel L. Lewis:
Wisdom is attained when the body is in solitude, which means
that when the body is not overfed with earthly food, when it
is not being used entirely for physical and mental labors,
it becomes the temple of God. Wisdom is attained when the
mind is in solitude; that is to say, when the thoughts are
no longer permitted to run at random, the light of
intelligence may illuminate it.
Wisdom is attained in the solitude of heart; that is to say,
when there is no love but God, when there is full dependence
upon God and devotion to God, Wisdom is the natural result.
At the same time, Wisdom gives more scope to heart, mind and
body; this permits love for everybody or for anything, this
inspires every type of mental and moral aspiration, this
gives the body such an education and stimulation that it may
have a maximum of health and pleasure. In this there is no
separation, it is the fulfillment of unity even in the outer
life. By solitude, living in oneness is meant -- whether
alone or in the crowd, whether in the desert or forest or
city.
Mystics do leave inhabited places when the influences are
too strong -- and rightly. The need is to find God, and when
anything interferes with this it is proper to withdraw from
society.
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