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http://www.rosanna.com/saki/december/december2.htm
Bowl of Saqi for December 2
JUSTICE CAN NEVER BE DEVELOPED WHILE WE JUDGE OTHERS.
THE ONLY WAY IS BY CONSTANTLY JUDGING OURSELVES.
-- Hazrat Inayat Khan
Commentary by Hazrat Samuel L. Lewis:
The reason is this: when one is called upon to be a judge,
there should be no weights on either side of a balance. If
two persons come to one for judgment, and there is a law
book to be consulted, that law book would render judgment.
But when man has no such reference or depends upon his
judgment, there is ordinarily no way to keep clear of
prejudices which impede true justice.
By man judging himself is meant not so much a struggle
against passion and evil, as a struggle from all influences
be they good or bad. When one responds readily to the call
of God from within, the heart and mind become purified from
the denseness of the earth. This is the real judging of
self, not considering whether one's characteristics are good
or bad or need to be removed or strengthened; rather it is
the judging of the nufs, the cause of all impurity. Judge
that and not quality and one in time will be able to render
justice to himself and another.
Nufs....
http://www.rosanna.com/sufiwritings/glossary/glossary.htm
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