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Bowl of Saqi for December 6
TO DENY THE CHANGEABLENESS OF LIFE IS LIKE FANCYING A
MOTIONLESS SEA, WHICH CAN ONLY EXIST IN ONE'S IMAGINATION.
-- Hazrat Inayat Khan
Commentary by Hazrat Samuel L. Lewis:
Even the conception of Nirvana is not stillness. It is a
ceaseless, rhythmical activity. Life is motion, love is
motion, and light is motion. Stillness represents the
condition of the cipher, Nirvana that of infinity. There can
be no stillness because even conceiving stillness is an
activity of mind. The control of mind activity through
spiritual contemplation is an activity of heart and soul.
The paralysis of mind through drugs or hypnotism is a
chemical activity in the first place (dispossessing
mind-activity) and the activity of another's mind in the
second event. When the chemical forces abate or when the
mind of another loses control, mind again functions.
The saying, "Nature abhors a vacuum," extends beyond the
physical. It means, that whenever there is a withdrawal
there is a compensation elsewhere, and it is only by force
that force can be withdrawn. So even cessation of movement
is dependent upon movement.
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