~~*~~ ~~*~~ ~~*~~ ~~*~~ ~~*~~ ~~*~~ ~~*~~
http://www.rosanna.com/saki/december/december27.htm
Bowl of Saqi for December 27
EVERY WAVE OF THE SEA, AS IT RISES,
SEEMS TO BE STRETCHING ITS HANDS UPWARDS,
AS IF TO SAY, "TAKE ME HIGHER AND HIGHER."
-- Hazrat Inayat Khan
Commentary by Hazrat Samuel L. Lewis:
The waves of the sea are partly caused by the tides, which
are themselves the result of gravitation, which in turn is
an activity of Ishk in the physical sphere. This movement
upward of the water, whether as wave or as va****, is caused
by the law that to find liberation one must become other
than what one has been. So the water becomes the va**** and
the va**** the cloud. Yet the nufs of water is such that the
emancipation does not make water non-water.
So the emancipation of man does not make man other than man;
he can become neither animal nor angel, though he behave
worse than animal or better than angel. There is a ceaseless
striving in every form, and the seeking of liberation is the
seeking of God.
Ishk (Ishq), Nufs....
http://www.rosanna.com/sufiwritings/glossary/glossary.htm
~~*~~ ~~*~~ ~~*~~ ~~*~~ ~~*~~ ~~*~~ ~~*~~
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Groups Links
Visit our groups on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PrincetonNJSufi/
http://groups.msn.com/PrincetonNJSufi/
|
